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The Everglades, Miami, and the environment
A collection of resources about Brazil's Amazonas region, focusing on Manaus and its economic development challenges. This compilation covers sustainable practices, urbanization, environmental concerns, and socio-economic dynamics, providing insights into the interplay between natural resources and economic growth in the Amazon.
A collection of articles about India
India - green energy, global warming
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
Amazon forest in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador
a collection of articles about the Florida Keys, and the environment
Pythons, snakes and other invasive animals in the Everglades, Florida
Africa - Sahara desert
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
Hiking, Camping - Technology and Apps
Walking, Hiking - in Spain and France
Hiking, Camping - Instagram, Social Media, Technology and Apps
a collection of articles and videos about Getting outdoors - Hiking, Camping
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
Venice Italy - flooding, tides, water issues
a collection of articles and videos about Japan: Tsunami and Flooding
a collection of articles about flooding, and cities around the world prepare and deal with natural disasters.
a collection of articles about flooding, and cities around the world prepare and deal with natural disasters.
a collection about Hurricanes and other Natural Disasters
a collection of articles and videos about Solar Energy
Hurricanes - science, why the form, how to predict
a collection of articles and videos about the UN Sustainable Development Goals - #7. Affordable and Clean Energy
A collection of articles about Florida, water management, development and pollution
a collection of articles and videos about planting trees, Deforestation and Global Warming, Climate Change
A collection of articles about How cities are preparing for sea level rise and global warming
Global warming - Science of the greenhouse effect, climate change and carbon emissions
Forests, Trees, Plants and Global Warming, Climate Change
Introduction to criticism and issues, debates about carbon offset markets
A collection of articles about How cities are preparing for sea level rise and global warming

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MEET THE COUPLE KEEPING MIAMI’S BEACHES CLEAN - The Miami Foundation

An avid kayaker, Dave Doebler was out paddling in Biscayne Bay one day when he saw trash floating in the water. He instinctively picked it up to to... (2018)


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Alaskan North Slope climate change just outran one of our tools to measure it | NOAA Climate.gov

In an ironic exclamation point to swift regional climate change in and near the Arctic, the average temperature observed at the weather station at ... (2017)


Article

Energy: A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery

But it’s proving ethically trickier than she expected | United States (2024)


Article

Special Report: Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention

It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored | Special report (2023)


Article

Over tourism: The Dark Hedges are dying

“Game of Thrones” made them famous, to their cost | Britain (2023)


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To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it

The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)


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Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag

You have to use a cotton tote thousands of times to make up for its environmental impact. If you’re trying to contribute as little as possible t... (2019)


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De-growth: Meet the lefty Europeans who want to shrink the economy

De-growers of the world, unite! | Europe Stop the economy, lefty Europeans want to get off. “Panels of citizens can advise what is wasteful ... (2023)



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A Giant Blob of Seaweed Is Heading to Florida - The New York Times

The mass, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, is drifting toward the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say seaweed is likely to come ashore by sum... (2023)


Article

An End To Doomerism - 5 Reasons for Technological Optimism

Or why I’m coming out as an impatient optimist. (2022)


Article

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives. "Tens of thousands of ag... (2022)


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Green Investing. A Dirty Secret - The Economist

Polluting businesses are moving into the financial shadows | Leaders Green investors’ filthy secret. The truth about dirty assets… (2022)


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Not all about the carbon - Why curbing methane emissions will help fight climate change

It's a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and should be easier to control | Leaders (2021)


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Why the European Union is a less-than-jolly green giant | Charlemagne. The Economist

The EU is better placed than national governments to set green standards. This will hurt | Europe (2021)


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Pine Island Glacier's ice shelf is ripping apart, speeding up key Antarctic glacier

For decades, the ice shelf helping to hold back one of the fastest-moving glaciers in Antarctica has gradually thinned. Analysis of satellite image... (2021)


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Peru ponders: whose fish are they anyway? | The Economist

A bid to protect part of the Pacific raises legal conundrums | The Americas (2021)


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In praise of America’s founding fish | The Economist

The Potomac river is a more vivid symbol of American history than any of the monuments along it | United States (2021)


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Antarctic ice-sheet melting to lift sea level higher than thought, study says

Global sea level rise associated with the possible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has been significantly underestimated in previous studi... (2021)


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How 3 tech start-ups plan to tackle forest restoration | World Economic Forum

From algorithms and AI to drones and data, here are some of the innovative solutions being deployed to slow the annual global loss of 15 billion tr... (2021)


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How one business plans to grow one billion trees in 10 years | World Economic Forum

Through community building and bringing companies and consumers closer to reforestation efforts, one company believes it can inspire more people to... (2021)


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Genetic Engineering Trees: The Demise and Potential Revival of the American Chestnut | Sierra Club

Before a disastrous blight, the American chestnut was a keystone species in eastern forests. Could genetic engineering help bring it back? (2021)



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Research: Planting Trillions of Trees Could Cancel Out CO2 Emissions

An ambitious new analysis found that there's space to plant 1.2 trillion new trees — a number that would absorb more carbon than human emissions. (2021)


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Shark Populations Are Crashing, With a ‘Very Small Window’ to Avert Disaster - The New York Times

Oceanic sharks and rays have declined more than 70 percent since 1970, mainly because of overfishing, according to a new study. (2021)


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Is Plastic Recycling A Lie? Oil Companies Touted Recycling To Sell More Plastic

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew... (2020)


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The Coral Gables Problem Beneath the Surface

Nearly half of Coral Gables residences are on septic tanks. Many may be leaking. As sea levels rise, how big a problem is that? % Keon says “the... (2020)


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The Amazon - Of chainsaws and supply chains

Of chainsaws and supply chains - How big beef and soya firms can stop deforestation | The Americas | The Economist They don’t chop down Amazonia... (2020)


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Opinion | The Reign of Recycling - The New York Times

It’s still costly and inefficient. So why do we keep doing it? (2020)


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The Army of Autonomous Robots Restoring Nature | Tom Chi | TED

Impact investor Tom Chi challenges a dangerous assumption: that economic growth and ecological health are opposing forces. He reveals how advances ... (2026)


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This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It's Gold

This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It's Gold. Caribbean beaches are ankle-deep in slimy, smelly seaweed. Wave after wave of sargassum is bl... (2025)


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What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?

The number of people with Parkinson's Disease has doubled in just 25 years, but its rise has been much worse in some places than in others. (2025)


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Massive project works to restore Florida's Everglades

What's been called the largest restoration project in human history is underway in Florida's Everglades. Billions of dollars are being spent to res... (2024)


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Manatees finally return to these restored Florida rivers | WILD HOPE

Crystal River has long been a safe haven for the Florida manatee, but when an invasive algae wiped out the eelgrass that manatees need for food, th... (2024)


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The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River

The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River (2023)


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Manaus: Why Brazil Built a City in the Middle of the Amazon

The Brazilian city of Manaus sits alone in the middle of the Amazon, and yet it still grew to become the seventh largest city in the country. So wh... (2023)


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How the U.S. Government Broke the Everglades | Everglades National Park

After a devastating hurricane and chronic flooding issues, the US Government, along with the State of Florida, embarked on a project which would ch... (2023)


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Hurricanes: the science behind the destruction

Hurricanes are among the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth, causing billions of dollars of damage and destroying lives every year. But what... (2023)


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The big problem with cement, and how to fix it. Concrete and carbon emissions

Concrete emits a ton of carbon. Here's how we get it to net-zero. (2023)


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How we get tree planting wrong | It's Complicated

In the face of the impending climate catastrophe, there has been a growing clamour to repopulate the trillions of trees our planet has lost over th... (2023)


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India is cleaning up Ganges river. Here’s how:

We are experiencing a dangerous decline in nature: One million species are threatened with extinction, soils are turning infertile and water source... (2023)


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Ethiopia, Egypt and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War (2023)


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The $7BN Megaproject to Save Venice

The $7BN Megaproject to Save Venice Planning to build a flood defence system for your city? You'd better watch this. (2023)


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I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works.

Global warming: I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works. (2023)


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Why rivers shouldn't look like this | It's Complicated

The quintessential image of a river you might recognise from post cards and paintings – nice and straight with a tidy riverbank – is not actually h... (2023)


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The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


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Water: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the water shortage in the American west, how it’s already impacting the people who live there, and what God has to say about ... (2022)


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13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (2022)


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Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming

Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming (2021)


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Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? The Truth Is Complicated - NPR

America produces more waste per capita than any other country in the world. And recycling, which was once considered the solution to that problem, ... (2021)


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How trees talk to each other | TED - Suzanne Simard

TED 16.8M subscribers "A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests h... (2020)


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The secret language of trees - TED-Ed Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard

TED-Ed 11.3M subscribers Learn how trees are able to communicate with each other through a vast root system and symbiotic fungi, called mycorr... (2020)


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Make the World Greta Again (Full Documentary)

Upon realizing her generation won’t have a future unless the world’s politicians act now on climate change, then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg skipped... (2019)


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Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing - TED

Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colo... (2019)


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Sargassum explained by George Buckley, Harvard University Extinction School

Here are the causes of Sargassum bloom and what we need to do. What we are looki... Lockerbie College Published on Mar 24, 2019 Bonaire Vision... (2019)


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PBS - Episode 902: Toxic Algae: Complex Sources and Solutions

For the past two decades, the residents of Martin county and the surrounding areas have been faced with a silent curse. A guacamole thick mat of bl... (2019)


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The true cost of fast fashion | The Economist

Millions of tonnes of clothes end up in landfill every year—it’s one of the fastest-growing categories of waste in the world. How can the fashion i... (2019)


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CNN Explains: Deforestation

CNN Special Correspondent Philippe Cousteau explains why deforestation occurs and its negative effect on the environment. (2019)


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Climate 101: Deforestation | National Geographic

Forests cover about 30% of the planet, but deforestation is clearing these essential habitats on a massive scale. What is deforestation? Find out t... (2019)


Podcast

Making old buildings resilient to climate change requires new financial tools - Marketplace

It's one thing to install new energy systems. It's another to get the money to do it. Donnel Baird, BlocPower’s founder and CEO, said retrofitti... (2020)


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The Afterlife Of American Clothes : Planet Money

The U.S. exports a billion pounds of used clothes every year. Much of that winds up in used clothing markets in sub-Saharan Africa. (2020)


Podcast

For Many, Issue Of Logging In America's Largest National Forest Cuts Deep - NPR

The world's largest intact temperate rainforest is in a place you may not expect: southeast Alaska. The Trump administration wants to eliminate a l... (2019)


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Can Global Shipping Go Zero Carbon? : NPR

A lot of the stuff we buy in the U.S. comes by ship — ships that use a particularly dirty kind of fuel. Now a big shipping company says it wants to... (2019)


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Beer, Drinking Water And Fish: Tiny Plastic Is Everywhere : NPR

Plastic trash less than 5 millimeters long is in the things we eat and drink, and the air we breathe. Scientists are just beginning to study where ... (2018)


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The Fragile, Invisible Connections Of The Natural World : NPR

From the TED Radio Hour, writer and environmentalist George Monbiot tells the story of what happened when wolves were re-introduced to Yellowstone ... (2018)


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Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In The Warming Permafrost | NPR

Just what exactly is permafrost? And what is happening now that it's warming up? To find out, we enter the Arctic Circle's secret world of ice and ... (2018)


Podcast

Fordlandia (Brazil)- 99% Invisible

In the late 1920s, the Ford Motor Company bought up millions of acres of land in Brazil. They loaded boats with machinery and supplies, and shipped... (2018)


Podcast

Depave Paradise

Mexico City is in a water crisis. Despite rains and floods, it is running out of drinking water. To solve the scarcity issue, the city began pipin... (2019)


Podcast

The world's first "nature superpower" | Ilona Szabó de Carvalho

Over the last 40 years, Brazil has lost an area larger than California to deforestation — and 90 percent of the clear-cutting has been illegal, all... (2025)


Podcast

Floods Leave Kenya’s Giraffes High And Dry—And Facing Extinction

Researchers don’t know enough about giraffes—and as populations dwindle, they’re running out of time. (2021)


Podcast

Bill Gates Book Talk - How To Avoid A Climate Disaster - Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Listen to this episode from Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard on Spotify. Dax and Monica host a conversation with Bill Gates about his new book, How... (2021)


Podcast

Dematerialization and What It Means for the Economy — and Climate Change - Harvard Business Review (podcast)

Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how the U.S. economy is growing and actually using less and less ... (2019)


Podcast

An Investment Expert Says Florida Homeowners Should Sell Property Now As Climate Impacts Worsen | WLRN

An expert on the impact of climate change on financial markets has advice for anyone thinking of buying a home in Florida: don’t. Spencer Glendon o... (2019)


Podcast

National Sword - 99% Invisible

Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Material... (2019)


Podcast

Should We Dim the Skies to Save the World? Podcast Crazy/ Genius from The Atlantic on Spotify

Climate change could be the most important problem facing humanity. To address it, scientists are thinking seriously about an idea that might sound... (2018)


Podcast

Fire and Rain -- Floods after Forest Fires || 99% Invisible

Nestled between the mountains and the ocean, right next to Santa Barbara, sits Montecito, California. The community is charming and geographically ... (2018)


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NASA Scientist Says Wind, Flooding And Rainfall Increase The Intensity Of A Hurricane | WLRN

Thousands of scientists are working on research related to climate change and extreme weather. Dr. Tim Hall is one of them. Dr. Hall is a Senior Re... (2018)


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In Miami, Combating Climate Change Street by Street | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios

In light of sea-level-rise threats, local organizations have begun to shift their missions towards resources and solutions in greater Miami that co... (2018)


Book

Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier | IndieBound.org

"A surreal, lyrical work of narrative nonfiction that portrays how the largest domestic oil discovery in half a century transformed a forgotten cor... (2018)


Book

This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas

This Land Is Our Land has 47 ratings and 11 reviews. Letitia said: A thoughtful and informative argument for the idea that Americans should have th... (2018)


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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the w... (2021)


Book

Speed and Scale

Venture capitalist John Doerr reveals a sweeping--and actionable--plan to conquer humanity's greatest challenge: climate change. In 2006, acclaimed... (2021)


Website

Surfline - international surf reports

Surfline - international surf reports (2024)


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Resource Library | National Geographic Education

a collection of educational resources, in a Resource Library - from the National Geographic Foundation (2019)


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Frontier - An advance market commitment (AMC) to accelerate carbon removal

Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy an initial $925M of permanent carbon removal between 2022 and 2030. It’s funded by Stripe, Alpha... (2022)


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Flood Factor - Find Your Home's Flood Factor

Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past ... (2020)


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Changing Seas TV - PBS

Now in its 10th Season, Changing Seas is a public television series produced by WPBT2 South Florida PBS in Miami, Florida. Since 2009, the series h... (2019)


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