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The Amazon river, part of which can be seen here in Colombia, is the biggest river in the world by volume - but is it the longest?

Which Is Longer, Amazon Or Nile? New Quest Aims To Settle Old Debate

What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The Amazon, the pulsing aorta of the world's biggest rainforest, has long been recognized as the largest river in the world by volume, discharging more than the Nile, the Yangtze and the Mississippi combined.

Indigenous Defenders Of Oil In The Amazon

State-owned Petroecuador is authorized to exploit about 300 hectares of the Yasuni
A group of Indigenous Waorani women give a war cry warning that environmentalists are not welcome in their part of the Ecuadoran Amazon, where an oil field operates partly on a protected reserve.
Gas flares in Iraqi oilfields produce vast amounts of greenhouse gases without any economic or social benefit

New Carbon Accounting Rules Target 'Greenwashing'

Common standards unveiled Monday for companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions could curb misleading climate claims in the corporate world, the chair of the body that wrote the norms told AFP. Currently, most large companies report how many tonnes of carbon they emit into the atmosphere each year, but the data is often not reliable.
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This undated image courtesy of OceanGate Expeditions, shows their Titan submersible launching from a platform

Titan Sub Parts Found Near Titanic, Five-Man Crew Dead

The Titan submersible was lost at sea and its passengers are dead, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed. Debris was located Thursday near the wreckage site of the Titanic, confirming the demise of the OceanGate sub and its five-man crew.
Investment required for developing countries to face climate change

Climate Goals Depend On Fixing Global Finance: Top Economist

If world leaders and the heads of multilateral development banks gathered at a Paris summit recognise that climate goals depend on revamping the architecture of global finance, it would be a "historic" development, a top development economist said Thursday.
Graphic showing the finance needed per year to 2030 by developing countries to face climate change

Paris Climate Summit Seeks Global Finance Reform

Dozens of global leaders will gather in Paris Thursday for a summit to tease out a new consensus on international economic reforms to help debt-burdened developing countries face a growing onslaught of challenges, particularly climate change.
A fifth of the world's population could be exposed to potentially life-threatening heat by the end of the century

How Climate Change Fuels Extreme Heat

Heatwaves across Asia and beyond have already broken records this year, while the arrival of the El Nino climate phenomenon will mean even more extreme temperatures.
This handout picture obtained on June 21, 2023 courtesy of GOOD Meat shows a meal made of cultured chicken for JW Marriott hotel

US Approves Lab-grown Chicken For Sale

The United States has granted its first ever approvals to two companies to sell chicken grown directly from animal cells, paving the way for lab-grown meat to be eaten by consumers.

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