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At COP30, Amazon Rainforest Is Center Stage for Climate Catastrophe [1]

With the COP30 U.N. climate talks starting this week in Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon River basin, our Issue Backgrounder points out that now is a critical time to consider a central question: Is the mandate to save the immense Amazon rainforest as a way to combat climate change being irretrievably undermined by the vast, destructive forces bringing about the rainforest’s rapid destruction?

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Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region: 
International [10]
South America [11]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
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Database of Flood Events Helps Cover Catastrophes, Past or Present [13]

A massive trove of mappable water data from the U.S. Geological Survey offers reporters resources to cover present-day flooding threats, compare them to past flood events or help prepare reporting for tomorrow’s disasters. According to the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, its various tools let you pinpoint immediate flooding, map future flood hazards and even configure phone alerts for breaking events.

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Reporters Toolbox [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Government [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
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"Shark-Spotting Drones To Become ‘Permanent Fixture’ On Queensland Beaches" [21]

"Queensland will roll out shark-spotting drones to more beaches, after a major study found drones detected more than double the number of sharks caught in adjacent nets."

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Technology [24]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [12]
International [10]
Australia & Oceania [25]
Source: Guardian [26], 11/10/2025
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"Google Earth Gets an AI Chatbot to Help Chart the Climate Crisis" [27]

"New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could eventually predict disasters and identify the communities likely to be affected."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Journalism & Media [18]
Technology [24]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
International [10]
Source: WIRED [28], 11/05/2025
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Invasive Golden Mussels Upending Life In CA Delta, With No Help On The Way [29]

"One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms. Yet the state has no specific funding or plans to tackle harms in the heart of the invasion."

Biodiversity [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Infrastructure [30]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [19]
Public [12]
California [31]
Source: CalMatters [32], 11/05/2025
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"Trump Killed A Crucial Disaster Database. This Nonprofit Just Saved It." [33]

"As the Trump administration deletes climate data and shutters resources that track the impacts of a warming world, nonprofits, state-level governments, and independent scientists are rushing to preserve the information."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [16]
Journalism & Media [18]
People & Population [34]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Grist [36], 11/05/2025
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"Drought Is Quietly Pushing American Cities Toward A Fiscal Cliff" [37]

"Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [38]
Government [17]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Grist [39], 11/05/2025
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"Video Shows Orcas Hunting Great White Sharks And Devouring Their Livers" [40]

"A pod of orcas has twice been observed flipping young great white sharks on their backsides to stun them, then slicing their sides open." "Some orcas have a taste for liver — specifically, the livers of great white sharks."

Biodiversity [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [19]
Public [12]
International [10]
Mexico [41]
Source: NBC News [42], 11/04/2025
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"Mussels Reveal Growing Microplastic Pollution In Greece's Prized Seas" [43]

"Overtourism and heavy maritime traffic across the Mediterranean are contributing to a rise in pollution in Greece's azure waters, say Greek scientists who have deployed thousands of mussels on the seafloor to help detect microplastics."

Chemicals [44]
Consumer [45]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Pollution [46]
Water & Oceans [9]
Public [12]
Africa [47]
Europe [48]
Source: Reuters [49], 11/04/2025
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Tapping Into COP30 To Cover Indigenous Issues [50]

COP30 negotiators from around the world gather next week in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Our Voices of Environmental Justice columnist Yessenia Funes says it’s a vital opportunity to engage with the Indigenous peoples who help protect the vast rainforest region — even for environmental reporters not there in person. Here’s how to tell their stories.

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Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [52]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [53]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [7]
Government [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Natural Resources [8]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [54]
Policy [55]
Pollution [46]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region: 
International [10]
South America [11]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
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