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NASA-ISRO Radar Mission Maps Mississippi Delta With Cloud-Piercing Precision
A newly released image from the NISAR mission has showcased the satellite's ability to penetrate cloud cover and reveal detailed features of Earth's surface.
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Singapore's Changi Airport Opens World's First Outdoor Bamboo Garden, Open 24/7
The lush green and relaxing Bamboo Grove is open to everyone and not just transit passengers, 24 hours a day, at no cost.
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"World's 3rd Highest Density": Assam Chief Minister On International Tiger Day
Assam has expanded its wildlife reserves by taking action against encroachment, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday, noting that the state has the world's third-highest tiger density.
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Brazil's 'Bill Of Devastation' Pushes Amazon Forest Towards Tipping Point
A bill essentially abolishing Brazils environmental licensing system is just days away from likely passage by the countrys National Congress.
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This Forest In Africa, About The Size Of Mexico Is Largest Dry Woodland
Most of us, as early as in our school days, learnt about the Amazon being the largest rainforest in the world. But there's another forest, about the size of Mexico, in Africa, covered with tropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands.
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Buried Alive? The Surreal Story Of How Covid Took Over A City In The Amazon
Juan Pablo Vaquero was pronounced dead in the Peruvian Amazonian city of Iquitos in the first wave of COVID-19 in April 2020. His sister wasn't allowed to see his body. Three days later came home after waking up in a pile of corpses in the jungle.
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Chinese Man Trapped In Well For 3 Days As Villagers Mistake His Cries For Ghost Sounds
It wasn't until police dispatched rescue personnel to the forest that they heard a voice responding to their calls.
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6-Year-Old Boy Found Alive In Vietnam Forest After 4 Days
A six-year-old boy missing for four days was found alive in a forest in a mountainous part of northern Vietnam, police said Thursday.
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Brazilians "Struggle To Breathe" As Amazon Forest Burns In Wildfire
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.
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Hundreds Evacuated Amid Raging Forest Fire In Turkey: Report
Firefighters were battling a strong forest fire in Turkey's Aegean city of Izmir for a third day on Saturday, AFP reporters said, with hundreds more people evacuated overnight.
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NASA-ISRO Radar Mission Maps Mississippi Delta With Cloud-Piercing Precision
A newly released image from the NISAR mission has showcased the satellite's ability to penetrate cloud cover and reveal detailed features of Earth's surface.
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Singapore's Changi Airport Opens World's First Outdoor Bamboo Garden, Open 24/7
The lush green and relaxing Bamboo Grove is open to everyone and not just transit passengers, 24 hours a day, at no cost.
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"World's 3rd Highest Density": Assam Chief Minister On International Tiger Day
Assam has expanded its wildlife reserves by taking action against encroachment, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday, noting that the state has the world's third-highest tiger density.
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Brazil's 'Bill Of Devastation' Pushes Amazon Forest Towards Tipping Point
A bill essentially abolishing Brazils environmental licensing system is just days away from likely passage by the countrys National Congress.
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This Forest In Africa, About The Size Of Mexico Is Largest Dry Woodland
Most of us, as early as in our school days, learnt about the Amazon being the largest rainforest in the world. But there's another forest, about the size of Mexico, in Africa, covered with tropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands.
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Buried Alive? The Surreal Story Of How Covid Took Over A City In The Amazon
Juan Pablo Vaquero was pronounced dead in the Peruvian Amazonian city of Iquitos in the first wave of COVID-19 in April 2020. His sister wasn't allowed to see his body. Three days later came home after waking up in a pile of corpses in the jungle.
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Chinese Man Trapped In Well For 3 Days As Villagers Mistake His Cries For Ghost Sounds
It wasn't until police dispatched rescue personnel to the forest that they heard a voice responding to their calls.
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6-Year-Old Boy Found Alive In Vietnam Forest After 4 Days
A six-year-old boy missing for four days was found alive in a forest in a mountainous part of northern Vietnam, police said Thursday.
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Brazilians "Struggle To Breathe" As Amazon Forest Burns In Wildfire
Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have barely seen sunlight in days as a thick cloud of smoke from forest fires envelops their city.
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Hundreds Evacuated Amid Raging Forest Fire In Turkey: Report
Firefighters were battling a strong forest fire in Turkey's Aegean city of Izmir for a third day on Saturday, AFP reporters said, with hundreds more people evacuated overnight.
