WASHINGTON — Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that were home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and ...

When most of us think about clearing away the Amazon rainforest, we have visions of ... The new findings promise to help redraw the map of human habitation in the river basin, and so challenge ...

Some areas of the Amazon rainforest are more resilient to drought than others, new research shows. But if not managed carefully, we could 'threaten the integrity of the whole system,' researchers say.

Somebody get Greta on the horn! Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 ...

Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon rainforest that dates back ... This method can map the topography of the land while also revealing hidden man-made features ...

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

SAO PAULO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating ... gas if destroyed by fire or logging. Map showing areas of the Amazon with high ...

The rate of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped by 66.1% this August compared to the same month last year, satellite data from space research agency Inpe suggests. The news ...

The eight countries that comprise the Amazon ... map to stave off the rampant deforestation, caused in large part by industrial agriculture and land-grabbing, that has severely damaged the ...

In Brazil’s Amazon, people are trapped in a vicious cycle in which deforestation begets poverty, and poverty begets deforestation. Already, more than a fifth of the country’s rainforest has ...

"Today, I'm proud to be here, the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest ... The reporter added that a map from the White House showed that the president and reporters ...