For decades the world’s largest rainforest has been getting drier. A new study published in Nature Communications ...

That harm can look like respiratory diseases such as asthma caused by toxic air pollution after fires, or illnesses that ...

The Amazon rainforest is often called the lungs of the planet because its trees help to regulate the global climate by ...

Amazon dieback”, as this grim scenario is known, is just one example of what climate scientists refer to as a tipping point: ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is responsible for approximately 74.5% of the reduction in rainfall and 16.5% of the ...

In the video, which was shared by the Climate Insiders account (@climate_insiders), you can hear the crashing sounds of a ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate fed ...

This year’s U.N. climate conference, on the edge of the rainforest, is fueling criticism of the host nation and the entire ...

New study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of ...

In the Brazilian host city of Belém, the few remaining hotel rooms are going for 10 and 20 times their usual cost. Residents ...

A study reveals that well-preserved Amazon rainforest on Indigenous lands significantly lowers disease instances, ...