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Climate Change Disrupts Astronomical Calculations for Amazon Indians
2013-04-02 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: Forecasts that Brazil's Amazonian Indians make with guidance from the stars to determine the best time to fish and plant crops are being disrupted by climate change. "Shamans say their forecasts are becoming inexact and we find that certain phenomena caused by climate change are disrupting their calculations," astronomer Germano Afonso, coordinator of a study among indigenous groups, told Efe. Afonso, who built and operates an observatory in the Amazon region, said that observing the constellations...
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