"I think we can confidently say that the more deforestation happens, the lower this global warming threshold becomes." ...

The men carrying rifles are no longer just drug traffickers.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in eight years during the most recent monitoring period, according to new data from the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, ...

Prologue Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth.

SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply ...

Two back-to-back droughts in 2023 and 2024 caused the most severe decline in forest moisture and biomass (the total mass of living vegetation such as leaves, trunks and branches) in the Amazon since ...

Carbon clock ticking: Researchers found that storms and drying are speeding up carbon turnover in Amazon forests, threatening their role as a long-term carbon sink. Mapping mortality: By combining ...

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large areas of forest can trigger severe and lasting reductions in rainfall ...

Reptiles like snakes and lizards reveal a hidden map in the Amazon, highlighting flaws in conservation plans for vulnerable species.

The giants of the Amazon are getting even bigger. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A sweeping, new study has found the rainforest’s ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the southeastern Colombian department of Vaupés, members of the Indigenous Macaquiño community have maintained a healthy territory through ...