Researchers at the University of Arizona analyzed 20 years of satellite data to understand how different Amazon forest ecosystems respond to drought. They found that variations in water-table depth, ...

For weeks, we’ve seen headlines saying the Amazon rainforest is burning. But something unexpected happens when you map satellite data showing both the fires this year and those that have burned in the ...

South America’s Amazon River Basin is currently undergoing a severe drought, with water levels in the river lower than they have been in the past 120 years. A boat travels through a section of the ...

Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras could begin producing oil and gas in the Foz do Amazonas basin within seven to eight years if major reserves are confirmed, Chief Executive Magda Chambriard ...

The Madeira Basin has the most diverse fish life in the Amazon River Basin with 1,406 species catalogued, but human interference and the climate crisis are provoking a significant decline in fish ...