Smoke rises over cleared forest on the Amazon frontier in Rondonia, Brazil — where deforestation spiked 92 percent in May 2025 and 51 percent of clearing hit recently burned land. Each fire scar becomes a footnote in a longer ledger of loss. [Photo: NASA / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]

Amazon Deforestation Soars 92%: Brazil’s October 2026 Election Decides Future

Amazon deforestation jumped 92 percent in May 2025, with 51 percent of clearing in burned areas. Brazil's October 4, 2026 presidential vote decides forest protection and the 17 percent tipping margin.

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Underwater clean-ups can reach marine litter that shoreline collections cannot, bringing seabed waste into Ireland's wider litter record. What sinks out of sight can return through ecosystems. [Image: Clean Coasts / An Taisce]

Donegal Divers Remove 90kg of Litter from Seabed at Big Beach Clean 2026

A dive team from Inishowen Sub Aqua Club conducted an underwater clean-up at Leenan Pier in Donegal as part of Big Beach Clean 2026, removing nine bags of litter weighing 90 kilograms from the seabed. The clean-up targeted debris that standard beach collections cannot reach—waste that settles on the seafloor and can break down into

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