Mar 10 2008
Brazil’s drought in 2005, the worst-ever hitting the Amazon, was caused by global warming instead of the El Nino weather phenomenon as previously thought, the country’s National Space Research Institute (INPE) announced Sunday. “The...
Mar 10 2008
Nine people were missing after a boat carrying 22 people sunk in Pantanal, the world’s largest area of wetlands in centre west of Brazil, officials said Sunday. According to the local fire department, 12 tourists and 10 crewmembers were onboard...