A report suggests that further degradation of the Amazon could turn one of the world’s most important carbon sinks into a ...

"We are on the right path." Leaders strike historic deal that could change the future of the Amazon rainforest: 'The largest ...

Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's energy budget, water cycle, and climate. However, the origin of aerosol ...

Amazon Adventure tells the epic ... Little known to the public, Bates made other crucial contributions to biology: identifying 8,000 species new to science and most importantly, putting the first ever ...

Millions of hectares of forest are burning in the Amazon and the homes of indigenous communities and vulnerable rainforest species are being destroyed. Fires in this precious landscape have burned an ...

Over the last century, the Amazon rainforest -- which covers nearly ... In addition to the Amazon, destruction of the Cerrado, the most species-rich savanna in the world, which is located in ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to ...

In Brazil’s Amazon, people are trapped in a vicious cycle in which deforestation begets poverty, and poverty begets deforestation. Already, more than a fifth of the country’s rainforest has ...

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat ...

Deforestation in Brazil's vast savannah, known as the Cerrado, decreased by 25.7%, the first decline in five years. The area ...