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Trashing of the Amazon continues - highest year of forest destruction on record

Last edited 19 May 2005 at 8:00am
19 May, 2005

New Amazon deforestation figures released by the Brazilian Government yesterday evening (18th May 2005) showed that 26,130 square kilometres of rainforest were wrecked between August 2003 and August 2004, an area larger than Wales.

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Pictures of climate change from the disappearing glaciers of Patagonia

Last edited 10 February 2004 at 9:00am
10 February, 2004

Greenpeace today released new visual evidence of the impacts of climate change. Dramatic new photos of Patagonian glaciers taken by a research team on board the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise show the extent of glacier retreat this century, when compared to photos of the same glaciers taken from the same point in 1928.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, climate change, expeditions, glaciers, impacts, press releases, ships, south america

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