Deep in the Amazon, the forest hides everything. Now there’s a way to see through it. Ruins of the 18th-century Portuguese village that surrounded the Príncipe da Beira Royal Fortress. COSTA ...

In the heart of South America lies the Amazon rainforest, one of the world’s most vital and biodiverse ecosystems. Covering vast expanses of Brazil, this forest plays a crucial role in ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016 ...

Brazil's Imminent Climate Disaster. Global climate and the Amazon forest are both approaching tipping points where the process of collapse escapes from human control.

Forest lines the Combu creek, on Combu Island on the banks of the Guama River, near the city of Belem, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 6, 2023. Credit: AP/Eraldo Peres By The Associated Press Updated ...

The delicate ecosystem in the Amazon rainforest is threatened by drought. A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some ...

Between 2001 and 2023, Brazil’s Amazon lost nearly a fifth of its rain forest, or more than 266,0004 square miles (689,000 square kilometers), according to the World Resources Institute’s ...

The Amazon, an area almost twice the size of India, contains the world’s largest rainforest, about two-thirds of it within Brazil.It stores vast amounts of carbon dioxide, holds about 20% of the ...

Environmental groups condemn new laws threatening soybean restrictions in Brazil's Amazon Highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para ...

CARAJÁS, Brazil — Jefferson Sousa could have been eking out a living at the expense of the Amazon forest, working on a cattle ranch like his father. “It was all I knew, it was what kept our ...

Brazil recorded 38,000 fires in August 2024, the worst for that month since 2010. U.S. ... the Amazon rain forest recorded over 38,000 fires—the highest number for that month since 2010.