2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome ...

If these trends continue unchecked, they could disrupt continental rainfall patterns and trigger a sharp decline in species that depend on the rainforest. Deforestation in the Amazon has been ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities ... “The fires and drought experienced in 2024 across the Amazon rainforest could be ominous indicators that we are reaching ...

One of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon is industrial farming. Setting fire to the forest is one of the main ways humans get rid of trees. Burning trees also makes the forest ...

By simulating the future atmosphere, scientists hope to understand whether trees will continue to act as the lungs of the ...

With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for ...

Scientists discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands that control carbon storage. If peatlands stay stable, they store carbon.

According to the Brazilian Federal Police, Bruno Heller is one of Amazon's largest deforesters and relied on legal and ...

Malaysia says EU deforestation law presents challenges ... the Brazilian agribusiness firm with native species from the Amazon rainforest, it said on Monday. Brazil startup partners with agro ...