If tropical rainforests are the lungs of the Earth, then 2024 was a year of respiratory failure. Fires, fueled by climate ...

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

But development is rapidly depleting the world’s largest tropical rainforest ... About two-thirds of the Amazon lies within Brazil. Scientists say its devastation poses a catastrophic threat ...

Biden took a dramatic aerial survey of this portion of the world’s largest tropical rainforest in ... but is situated along the Amazon River and is cut off from Brazil’s main highway system.

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

A visit to Brazil is incomplete without exploring the Amazon, the world’s largest tropical rainforest. This vast, biodiverse ...

It’s called the Cerrado, Portuguese for “closed,” and for nearly all of human history this vast tropical savanna ... in lushness to the mighty Amazon rainforest to the north, the green ...

Brazil sold extraction rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at an auction slammed by ...

ALTAMIRA, Brazil, March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A transformative initiative in the Brazilian Amazon ... world's tropical rainforests. HIH is expanding globally to work alongside tropical ...

New study highlights Amazon’s critical role in the Earth’s climate system, revealing that land-use changes and accelerating deforestation reduce biogenic trace gas emissions and impact atmospheric ...

Brazil's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Marina Silva takes part in the 11th Meeting of Environment Ministers from the BRICS member countries and holds a press conference at the ...