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Guanabara Bay

PHOTOS: One Of The World's Largest Dumps Is No More

AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 08.01.2012 | World
Read More: Landfills, Vik Muniz, Jardim Gramacho, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Rio Olympics 2016, Guanabara-Bay, Tom-Jardim, United Nations Rio+20, Catadores, Video, World News

RIO DE JANEIRO — One of the world's largest open-air landfills, a vast, seaside mountain of trash where thousands of people have made a living s...

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Effects of a Brazilian Oil Spill 10 Years On

Gabriel Elizondo | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Guanabara Bay, Brazil Oil Spill, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Brazil, Ecosystems, Petrobras, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, World News
Gabriel Elizondo

In 2000 at the time of the Guanabara spill people estimated it would take 10 years for the ecosystem to recover. I was recently led into a large patch of mangrove that was hardest hit by the oil and there is no recovery after all these years.

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