The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.The drought has placed some Amazon rivers at their lowest level in decades,

Researchers say a record spate of wildfires this year has released massive amounts of carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere

Deforestation, mainly for mining and agriculture, has led to the loss of more than 880,000 sq km of forest cover since 1985, experts say.

The Amazon rainforest has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, fueling drought and record wildfires across South America, experts said Monday. The world's biggest jungle, spanning nine countries ...

The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, a study showed Monday.