CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen ...

Fires could turn the Amazon rainforest into a desert as human activity and climate change threaten ‘lungs of the world’, ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler [( Fires raged across the Amazon rainforest, annihilating more than 4.6 million hectares of primary ...

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon set for November, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions ...

Tropical forests provide a buffer against climate change, but disappeared faster than ever recorded last year.

And, as the largest tropical forest on Earth, the Amazon plays a crucial role in regulating climate. Previous studies have modeled the effects of deforestation on precipitation, but most used ...

Massive fires fueled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a new report.

Brazil’s environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same ...

The study's spatial and temporal breakdown reveals alarming trends in drought expansion. While previous research focused ...

Tropical deforestation hit a new high in 2024, fueled by Amazon wildfires and expanding agriculture. Scientists warn the ...

Rainforests conjure images of tropical climates and abundant varieties of colorful plants and animals, like the Amazon, but ...

Satellite imagery shows that the loss of tropical forests over the past year has doubled compared to 2023, with half of it ...