söndag 1 november 2026
The rainforest emits more carbon dioxide than it absorbs
After decades of deforestation, drought, and fires, the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, a new study shows.
The researchers conclude that human land use is the decisive factor for the carbon balance. These findings should serve as a guide for policymakers and conservationists, as well as climate scientists and biologists, according to Jen Johnson, a professor and co-author of the study.
"There is a very concrete and significant opportunity to manage the Amazon’s carbon budget. This is not something beyond our control—driven by global climate factors—but rather something that is largely within the control of governments and individual people," she says in a press statement.
The study is led by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research and is published in the journal *Nature*.
Bolivia declares state of emergency due to El Niño
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has declared a national state of emergency due to El Niño. The aim is to free up resources to address the consequences of this climate phenomenon.
The state of emergency also means that additional emergency response teams are being deployed to parts of the country severely affected by El Niño.
“This phenomenon will have serious consequences in the form of droughts and floods, and we need cooperation among all institutions,” says Paz.
Trump: Several targets in Iran still need to be "taken care of"
There are still one or two Iranian targets that the US needs to "take care of," according to President Donald Trump.
Among these, he mentions the mountain Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La—also known as "Pickaxe Mountain"—located near the nuclear facility in Natanz.
"We’ve taken out their nuclear power. We have—I’d say one or two—targets that we still have to take care of, but we can do that in ten minutes," Trump told reporters late Saturday night (Swedish time).
The President had previously threatened to strike the area back in September of this year. Now, he is reiterating that stance:
"You could probably look at 'Pickaxe Mountain,' and that’s something that has to be taken care of. We can do it very quickly."
On Sunday, the Iranian military warned that a new war with the US could be more protracted, and that it is not up to the American president to decide when it would end—a statement reported by AFP, citing Iranian state television.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Saturday that Trump has not yet decided whether the US will launch further attacks on Iran. This follows reports from *MS Now* suggesting that the US could carry out new strikes as early as the day after the American midterm elections.
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