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

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savanna-like ecosystems at 1.5–1.9°C of global ...

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury ...

At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread rainforest dieback ...

Antonio has spent the past seven years running toward fires that most others run from. A firefighter in the Brazilian Amazon ...

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same period a year prior, according to government data released on Wednesday -- the ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest ...

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 ...

AGUA CLARA, Brazil — Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the ...

The Brazilian Amazon experienced a 47% decrease in deforestation in April compared to last year, marking the lowest level in five years, and a 51% decrease over the past 12 months. Since President ...

Wunderling, N., Sakschewski, B., Rockström, J., M. Flores, B., Hirota, M., Staal, A. (2026): Deforestation-induced drying lowers Amazon climate threshold. Nature. DOI:10.1038/s41586-026-10456-0 ...