Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

Deforestation coupled with climate change is rapidly pushing the Amazon Rainforest toward a perilous tipping point that could ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in eight years during the most recent monitoring period, according to new data from the Brazilian Human and Environment Amazon Institute, ...

Despite a drop in the size of deforested areas, the number of wildfires in the region increased by more than 30 percent.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 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.

Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large ...

Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012. Despite this major accomplishment, experts ...

Carbon loss accelerates: Satellite and field data reveal that storms and drying are shortening the Amazon's carbon storage time, undermining its role as a global climate regulator. Rainfall ...