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Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in AmazonScientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the moment they encountered this snake in the wild.
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Amazon rainforest is transitioning to a 'hypertropical' climate — and trees won't survive that for longThe Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could increase to 150 days per year by 2100.
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Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphereTree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought.
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What are the largest rainforests in the world?Rainforests are home to half of the world's plant and animal species. Here are the five largest rainforests in the world.
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Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a 'stunning risk' to rainforestsA slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns.
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Indigenous funeral urns discovered on human-made islands in Amazon rainforestGiant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and the remains of fish, frogs and turtles.
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'It's like trying to grow a tree in an oven': Gold mining is sucking the Amazon rainforest dryGold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.
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El Cono: The mysterious sacred 'pyramid' hidden deep in the Amazon rainforestCerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds spiritual significance for Indigenous people.
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How we found the northern green anaconda, a new species of the heaviest snake on EarthThe northern green anaconda has been identified as a new species after genetic analysis showed it split from its southern counterpart 10 million years ago.
