Amazon River

PHOTOS: Biodiversity

Priyanka Rao | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Animal Photos, Nature Photos, Ecuador, Amazon River, Biodiversity, Slidepollajax, Tarantula, High School News
Priyanka Rao

I've been waiting to encounter the famed biodiversity of the Amazon. I have pictures of a yellow-green butterfly and the green frogs that hopped inside when it rained too hard for too long.

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Brazil Scientists Find Signs Of Underground River

AP | STAN LEHMAN | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Cultura, Underground River, Brazil, Amazon River, Amazon, Latino Voices News

SAO PAULO — A huge underground river appears to be flowing thousands of feet beneath the Amazon River, Brazilian scientists said Thursday. Vali...

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The Wrath of Global Warming

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pine Beetles, Antarctica, Vancouver/Whistler Olympics, Mercury Vapor, Krill, Co2, Amazon Drought, Coal, Global Warming, Dr Reese Halter, Amazon River, Green News
Dr. Reese Halter

There is no debate about human-induced global warming. Global warming is a citizen's issue therefore we all are required to lend a helping hand -- the time is now.

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Amazon Once Held As Many As 20 Million People, Scientists Believe

Washington Post | Juan Forero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ancient Civilization, Canals, Marajo Island, Amazon River, Dark Earth, Amazon Rainforest, Anna C. Roosevelt, Terra Preta, Archaeology, Orchards, Societies, Indigenous People, San Martin De Samiria, Technology News

Archaeologists, many of them Americans, say the opposite is true: This patch of forest, and many others across the Amazon, was instead home to an adva...

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Google Earth Animation of Brazil's Disastrous Dam Accompanies "Avatar" Re-Release

Patrick McCully | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sigourney Weaver, Belo-Monte-Dam, Google Earth, Dams, Avatar, Brazil, James Cameron, Amazon Watch, Hydropower, Amazon Rainforest, International Rivers, Amazon, Amazon River, Green News
Patrick McCully

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, the Brazilian government wants to build a massive, nasty dam called Belo Monte. The hydropower plant has long been at t...

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Lands: A Poetic Film About a Mysterious Place

Linda Hassler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sandra Werneck, Leslie Hassler, Peru, The New Museum, Art Films, South America, Indiginous, Amazonas, Moma, Maya Da-Rin, Brazil, Indians, Amazon River, Columbia, New York News
Linda Hassler

Lands is a weird, wild and wonderful film that took me by surprise. Brazilian director Maya Da-Rin gave me a trip to a strange and interesting land.

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British Man Becomes First To Walk Along Entire Amazon River

AP | FILIPE ALMEIDA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Stafford, Amazon River Walk, Ed Stafford Amazon, Amazon River Trek, Amazon River, Amazon, World News

MARAPANIM, Brazil — He fought tropical disease and deadly snakes, was held captive at one point and collapsed just short of his goal. Still, Ed...

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Amazon Dam Project: Nine Companies Win Bid For Controversial Hydroelectric Dam

AP | MARCO SIBAJA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Hydroelectric Dam, South America, Bid, Xingu River, Companhia Hidro Eletrica Do Sao Francisco, Hydroelectricity, Belo Monte Dam, Amazon Dam, Amazon, Amazon River, Green News

BRASILIA, Brazil — A consortium of nine companies has won the rights to build one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams, Brazilian authoriti...

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A Land Without Men for Men Without Land: Travels Through the Amazon

Doug Gunzelmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transamerica, Cycling, Deforestation, Amazon, Amazon River, Green News
Doug Gunzelmann

I successfully crossed the entire continent with nearly 2,000 miles on unpaved tracks through the world's greatest jungle. But I left the Amazon with more questions than answers as is often the case when one becomes so embedded in something.

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