Tag: South America
Amazon deforestation, already rising, may spike under Bolsonaro
Robert T. Walker, University of Florida
Over the past 25 years that I have been conducting environmental research in the Amazon, I have witnessed the...
Bolsonaro’s anger won over working-class Brazilians, but his presidency may betray...
Benjamin H. Bradlow, Brown University
Brazil’s next president Jair Bolsonaro, who takes power on Jan. 1, is often called the “Trump of the Tropics” for...
We’ve been studying a glacier in Peru for 14 years –...
Mathias Vuille, University at Albany, State University of New York
High mountain environments in South America, which in many locations encompass peaks that reach 21,000...
Trump sees opportunity in Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis as midterms approach
Marco Aponte-Moreno, St Mary's College of California
President Donald Trump has spoken forcefully about the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, calling it a “human tragedy”...
How virtual worlds can recreate the geographic history of life
Robert K. Colwell, University of Connecticut and Thiago F. Rangel, Universidade Federal de Goias
The Amazon and the adjacent Andean slopes in South America host...
What Rousseff’s impeachment means for Brazil’s struggling millions
Jeffrey W. Rubin, Boston University
In Brazil, right-wing parties and politicians are following constitutional procedures to oust the country’s democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff. They...
The other opioid crisis — people in poor countries can’t get...
Luke Messac, University of Pennsylvania
There are two opioid crises in the world today. One is the epidemic of abuse and misuse, present in many...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
