used forest coverage data to map how much of the Amazon was lost between 1985 and 2020 and also looked at forest density, rainfall patterns and carbon storage. The rainforest’s abilities to ...

WASHINGTON — Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that were home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and ...

When most of us think about clearing away the Amazon rainforest, we have visions of ... The new findings promise to help redraw the map of human habitation in the river basin, and so challenge ...

Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon rainforest that dates back ... This method can map the topography of the land while also revealing hidden man-made features ...

Somebody get Greta on the horn! Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 ...

Some areas of the Amazon rainforest are more resilient to drought than others, new research shows. But if not managed carefully, we could 'threaten the integrity of the whole system,' researchers say.

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. A warming climate ...

I really appreciate those positive vibes since I’m in Peru’s mysterious isolated Amazon, and currently bouncing in a wooden skiff across bottomless black waters infested with fearsome ...

The Amazon rainforest is seen from a plane flying from ... to generate 3D models of a given landscape. This method can map the topography of the land while also revealing hidden man-made features ...