While the loss of the rainforest would be terrible for many reasons locally, it would also have a big impact on the whole ...

Trees of all sizes across the Amazon rainforest are getting fatter due to climate change, a new study shows. Rising carbon dioxide (CO 2) concentrations in the atmosphere have created a more ...

Trees in the Peruvian Amazon are silently preserving the history of human activity, including the destructive impacts of gold ...

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places ...

Large parts of the Amazon’s iconic rainforest are nearing an irreversible “tipping point” and collapse in less than 30 years due to deforestation and climate change, scientists warn in a new paper ...

“A major question is whether a large-scale collapse of the Amazon forest system could actually happen within the twenty-first century.” (Source: Bernardo M. Flores, et al, Critical Transitions in the ...

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A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late ...

Wildfires in the Amazon normally peak in March, but this year they're expected to last through to April at least, with a huge uptick expected in the coming weeks, scientists have warned. When you ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year, reaching its lowest level since 2015, with 6,288 square kilometers cleared by July 31, 2024. Despite the drop in ...