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

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.

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

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

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

Wildfires are burning at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, creating a plume of smoke so large that it can be seen from space. A government monitoring agency said Brazil has seen a record ...

A government plan to pave a highway in the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from environmentalists who say the development will cause more wildfires in the region. But for those who live in ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they’re making people sick. It’s an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...

:: "This type of event has been occurring throughout the seven provinces of our region of Amazonas. The fires have affected about 53,000 hectares (130,965 acres) so far, but we still need to quantify ...

The campaign from Natura, Forbes and Africa Creative highlights the power of the Amazon’s $317B bioeconomy and that the standing forest is worth seven times more than the potential earnings from its ...