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 Amazon rainforest represents one of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, acting as a critical regulator of the global climate, a major carbon sink, and a ...

Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large areas of forest can trigger severe and lasting reductions in rainfall ...

The study said that without additional deforestation, such large-scale drying of the Amazon would likely occur only at much ...

Global demand for critical minerals, used to build drones and electric cars, is surging, setting of a new wave of criminality ...

Even after fires, severe droughts, and windstorms, the vegetation in degraded Amazonian forests demonstrates a high capacity ...

From legendary predators to playful river mammals and dazzling birds, these animals have become symbols of the Amazon’s wild ...

CALI, Colombia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the context of COP16 in Cali, CAF and O.N.E. Amazon have joined forces to protect and conserve the Amazon rainforest, one of the most crucial and biodiverse natural ...

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, ...

A new study warns that the Amazon rainforest could face irreversible collapse into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems if global warming reaches 1.5–1.9°C and deforestation hits 22–28%.