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Campaigners say authorities should be doing more to clean up waters around city of nearly 5 million people On a clear summer’s day in Cape
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Illegally diverted rivers, seawater and poorly managed building projects have polluted the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta. But the Unesco site has a vital role
Read moreBibles, bullets and beef: Amazon cowboy culture at odds with Brazil’s climate goals
As the first climate summit in the Amazon approaches, a gulf is opening between what the area’s farming lobby wants, and what the world needs
Read moreThe life and death of a ‘laundered’ cow in the Amazon rainforest
Cattle moved between ranches, allowing meat from farms linked to deforestation to end up on supermarket shelves Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon
Read moreLive colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever
A young Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the heaviest invertebrate on earth, was filmed in the Atlantic Ocean The colossal squid, the heaviest invertebrate in the world, has
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