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

Brazil sold exploration rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at the start of an ...

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

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

The planet's tropical forests ... the scientists from the US and Brazil cited by The Independent. The researchers monitored the three 50-hectare plots of Amazon rainforest over an eight-year ...

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 ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same month last year, according to official ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy ... where scientists mimic drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future, in Caxiuana National Forest, Para state, Brazil. To ...

The implications of drought on the Amazon, an area twice the size of India spanning several South American nations, extend globally. The rainforest stores a vast amount of carbon dioxide ...

University of Exeter researcher Mateus Cardoso Silva works in the forest at the Esecaflor project in Caxiuana National Forest, Para state, Brazil, Thursday ... when much of the Amazon rainforest, ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil ... the Amazon, an area twice the size of India that crosses into several South American nations, has implications far beyond the region. The rainforest stores ...