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, ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, where rivers serve as highways and entire communities sit days away from the nearest ...

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

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 ...

The study found that Amazon forests, like other endangered biomes, are exhibiting signs of resilience decline with more ...

The rich plant life that makes up the Amazon rainforest contributes a significant amount of water vapour to Earth’s atmosphere. A recent study found that extensive deforestation here has caused a ...

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

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

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