LAWRENCE — The Amazon rainforest in South America is so critical to the health of Earth’s atmosphere that it’s known as the ...

Smoke rises as a fire burns in the Amazon rainforest in Rondonia state, Brazil, in August 2019. (Bloomberg) -- Two new scientific review articles by international teams of researchers paint a bleak ...

According to WWF, climate change and deforestation could convert the majority of the Amazon rainforest into savanna, with massive impacts on the world’s biodiversity and climate. Curitiba, Brazil – ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Due to climate change, the Amazon is experiencing ...

The re-election of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected to lead to continued rainforest protections. His opponent ...

Explore the complex history and causes of Amazon rainforest deforestation, from government infrastructure projects and ...

Human activity, like deforestation, is turning the Amazon rainforest from a carbon sink into a carbon emitter. The Amazon rainforest has long been called the “lungs of our planet,” because of how it ...

The Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it. The ban - which prohibits the sale of soya grown on land ...

A deforested area of the Amazon rainforest burns in Autazes, Brazil, on Oct. 12. Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in wildfires have been set on purpose for political ...

Recent studies indicate that the climate in the Legal Amazon (a geoeconomic region of Brazil covering all or part of nine states) is becoming hotter and wetter this century, particularly during the ...

Nearly two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could turn into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems if global warming reaches 1.5-1.9°C above pre-industrial levels and deforestation rises to 22%-28 ...

On 4 October, Brazilians will go to the polls to elect a president and government. Former president Jair Bolsonaro, under house arrest, cannot run. But his son Flávio is on the ballot. If elected, the ...