The BR-319 is famed as one of South America's most challenging drives, but those who attempt it are rewarded with an ...

The elders also highlighted the imagery of symbolically significant animals, such as anacondas, jaguars, bats and herons, as ...

A report suggests that further degradation of the Amazon could turn one of the world’s most important carbon sinks into a ...

When the United Nations climate conference COP29 kicks off Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, attendees will be grappling with the ...

An area of the Amazon rainforest damaged by illegal fires along the BR-319 highway between Porto Velho (Rondônia) and Manaus (Amazonas), in northern Brazil, August 22, 2024. EVARISTO SA / AFP In ...

Every hectare of the Amazon that is destroyed pushes the rainforest closer to collapse. And if we lose the Amazon, we lose the fight against the climate crisis. We can all be part of the solution.

Over the last century, the Amazon rainforest -- which covers nearly 40 percent of South America -- has lost about 20 percent of its area to deforestation, due to the spread of agriculture and ...

However, the origin of aerosol particles in pristine air over the Amazon rainforest during the wet season is poorly understood. A new study reveals that rainfall regularly induces bursts of newly ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to ...

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Falls to Lowest Since 2015 By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months ...