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Brazilian rescue teams struggle reach village path dam burst
2015-11-07 23:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rescue teams have struggled to reach villages devastated by a massive mudflow after two dams burst at a major iron ore mine in south-east Brazil. The twin bursts, which mining executives think could have been triggered by an earth tremor, wrought havoc more than 50 miles downstream and prompted officials to warn that many people are likely to have died. Nineteen people have been confirmed as missing, the local fire department said six residents of nearby villages, along with 13 workers from...
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Two Dead in Brazilian Iron Mine Tailings Dam Collapse
2015-11-07 05:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Two people are dead and at least 13 others are missing after two tailings dams collapsed Thursday at an iron mine near the rural village of Bento Rodrigues in the state of Minas Gerais. The Fundo and Santarém dams belonging to the mining company burst November 5 at around 4:30 in the afternoon, flooding the area with mud, solid waste and water residue from mining operations. The village of Bento Rodrigues is covered in mud from the collapse of two tailings dams. Nov. 6, 2015 (Photo courtesy...
There have been more than 11,000 fires in just one region of the Brazilian Amazon this year
2015-11-06 00:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: On October 4, 2015, satellite images revealed that there were over 900 fires burning in the Brazilian Amazon. That figure was reported by Brazils Institute for Space Research, known as INPE, which said that the region most affected by the fires was the northern state of Amazonas. Some 11,114 forest fires have already been observed in Amazonas this year, a 47 percent increase over the same period last year, according to INPE. Amazonas is not alone in dealing with increased incidence of forest fires....
'Fire frogs' and eel-like amphibians: The Field Museum's Brazilian fossil discovery
2015-11-05 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Two hundred and seventy-eight million years ago, the world was a different place. Not only were the landmasses merged into the supercontinent of Pangaea, but the land was home to ancient animals unlike anything alive today. But until now, very little information was available about what animals were present in the southern tropics. In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists from The Field Museum and colleagues from around the world describe several new amphibia…
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Oil prices rise above $50 over Brazilian and Libyan supply concerns
2015-11-04 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices have risen above $50 a barrel on Wednesday due to concerns over Brazilian and Libyan supply.
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