ALTAMIRA, Brazil — If much of the Amazon forest is to wither away, this is the town where that end was foretold. During its campaign to develop the region, Brazil’s former military dictatorship chose ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...

Quick Take A recent study suggests many Amazon insects already live near their upper heat tolerance, meaning rising ...

Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has found ...

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, ...

The Amazon rainforest has lost an area about the size of Germany and France combined to deforestation in four decades, fueling drought and record wildfires across South America, experts said Monday.

Swedish-British billionaire Johan Eliasch made a significant move in 2005. He purchased a vast tract of Amazon rainforest in Brazil. His intention was not exploitation but protection. By acquiring a ...

Mastercard, BlackRock and Philip Morris were among many firms that recorded emissions offsets against a forestry protection project that had been suspended.

For the first time, the United Nations climate change negotiations are taking place at the edge of a tropical rainforest, a setting many are still waiting to see if it can inspire governments to take ...