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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A flock of sheep on a British farm — the livestock now in the path of the UK's worst bluetongue outbreak as hot weather helps the midge that spreads the virus reach Scotland. A single infected animal can seed weeks of movement restrictions across herds. [Photo: geograph.org.uk / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0]

UK’s Worst Bluetongue Outbreak Spreads to Scotland as Hot Weather Fuels Virus

It’s been called the worst bluetongue outbreak the UK has ever seen. Now the virus has reached Scotland, and the peak has not even arrived yet. Bluetongue is an insect-borne viral disease affecting sheep, cattle and other livestock. It is potentially fatal. The country now has 473 confirmed cases of bluetongue virus. England accounts for

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