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.

Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6 percent compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in nine years.

Wildfires and extreme drought. Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in ...

While southern Brazil is known for its meat, Pará’s placement on the Amazon River delta means fresh seafood is abundant, and fresh fruit is also a must: tucumã, a sweet-tasting fruit often ...

The Amazon Basin lost about 27,000 square kilometers of forest each year from 2001 to 2016. By 2021, about 17% of the basin had been deforested.

Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss in 2024, report says By Manuela Andreoni and Alexander Villegas May 21, 2025 4:05 AM UTC Updated May 21, 2025 ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River ...