A new study of the Amazon rainforest has found the region is shifting toward a 'hypertropical' state as droughts become ...

The new climate could lead to widespread tree loss, affecting the Earth's ability to remove carbon dioxide from the ...

Global warming, with its long summers and increasing number of droughts, is introducing a new climate in the Amazon ...

The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter.

Many locals are cheering on the Brazilian government’s plans to rebuild a decrepit highway. Environmentalists are less keen ...

Due to climate change, the Amazon is experiencing longer dry seasons and droughts, which could edge it into a new climate known as the “hypertropics.” Crossing this biome threshold would come with ...

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests. As the world gathers at ...

Beyond biodiversity, stingless bees play a stabilising role in ecosystems under pressure. By enabling plant reproduction, ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...

Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon ...

ALTAMIRA, Brazil – If much of the Amazon forest is to wither away, this is the town where that end was foretold. During its campaign to develop the region, Brazil’s former military dictatorship chose ...