2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

“The fires and drought experienced in 2024 across the Amazon rainforest could be ominous indicators that we are reaching the long-feared ecological tipping point,” said Andrew Miller, a… ...

Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical ...

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 nine years.

Deforestation, drought and fires battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 Fishermen push a boat in the Aleixo Lake amid a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 24, 2024.

Political will is among the most important factors in preventing tropical deforestation, according to a group of experts ...

Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 Dec 27, 2024, 1:45 PM FILE - Fishermen push a boat in the Aleixo Lake amid a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 24 ...

The Amazon rainforest -- considered one of the world's most important climate regulators - continues to face serious threats ...

A ceramic pot and the shell of a turtle, once hunted for its meat, are the most recent traces of an Indigenous community ...

The Amazon Rainforest is facing accelerating threats from deforestation, illegal mining, and climate change jeopardizing one ...