Brazil’s INPE space research agency data showed deforestation soaring 29.5% to 9,762 square kilometers for the 12 months through July 2019 Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to ...

Orbiting spacecraft now routinely observe the Amazon rainforest and its health. This sequence of images comes from the US Earth observation company Planet, based in San Francisco. It shows a ...

Nearly all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the past year was illegal, a new report finds. Between August 2023 and ...

Environmental organizations worldwide have warned that deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon is close to reaching a point of no return, something which has worsened under President Jair Bolsonaro.

For every kilometer of first-cut road, 49.1 kilometers of secondary roads formed in the Brazilian Amazon, 9.8 kilometers in ...

The Amazon plays a vital role in absorbing carbon for the world and providing biodiversity, and many say this deforestation contradicts the very purpose of a climate summit. Along the partially ...

has steadily put Amazon in a leading position within the Internet of Things and the burgeoning consumer market for artificial intelligence. As this chart from Statista shows, the Echo only gained ...

Deforestation might feel like something that ... Rainforests like the Amazon in South America, absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, which is vital for tackling global climate change.