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Amazon: 1% of trees store 50% carbon
2015-04-28 17:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: About 1% of all the tree species in the Amazon account for half of the carbon locked in the vast South American rainforest, a study has estimated. Although the region is home to an estimated 16,000 tree species, researchers found that just 182 species dominated the carbon storage process. Amazonia is vital to the Earth's carbon cycle, storing more of the element than any other terrestrial ecosystem. The findings appear in the journal Nature Communications. "Considering that the Amazon is massively...
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Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon continues to accelerate
2015-04-27 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon - the planet's largest rainforest - continues to pace well ahead of last year's rate, reveals data released by Imazon, a Manaus-based nonprofit. According to Imazon's analysis of satellite data, March 2015 was the eleventh consecutive month that forest loss increased relative to a year earlier. March 2015's loss of 58 square kilometers (14,300 acres) was 190 percent higher than March 2014. November through April is typically a period of low deforestation...
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Amazon swings to Q1 loss on higher expenses; Web Services booms
2015-04-25 11:24:04| IT Services - Topix.net
Seattle Increases in expenses including fulfillment, marketing and technology helped swing Amazon.com to a net loss of $57 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 from net income of $108 million the same quarter a year earlier. Amazon met Wall Street expectations with the loss.
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Amazon reports a quarterly loss
2015-04-23 22:20:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Amazon reports a loss of $57m in the first quarter and also said its web services business generated sales of $1.57bn.
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Book a Local Getaway With Amazon Destinations
2015-04-22 22:02:23| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Find local vacation spots in the Pacific Northwest, Southern California, or the Northeast.
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