BBC World
Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits a record 41.8% drop thanks to actually enforcing environmental laws, which is apparently still a controversial platform ahead of the election.
ScienceDaily
Scientists found a new frog in the Amazon that looks like other frogs but has different DNA and a distinctive call - because the Amazon wasn't already complicated enough.
Grist
Brazil is finally paving the BR-319, the only road through the Amazon, because nothing says 'sustainable development' like a deforestation superhighway.
The Guardian
August 2026 tied July 2023 as the hottest month ever at 1.65C above preindustrial levels - and El Niño hasn't even shown up to the party yet.
France's largest national park is in South America's Amazon, accessible only by canoe or small plane, because why make things easy?
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