Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

A decades-long project set out to simulate a future in which the changing climate could deplete the Amazon of rainfall.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped substantially in the first six months of this year, perhaps signaling a reversal after years of losses in the vast rainforest. Some good news out of Brazil ...

Deforestation has pushed the Amazon to the very edge of a tipping point that would ... new technologies to map carbon emissions in the rainforest from 2013 to 2022. Although it is historically ...

The Amazon Rainforest is on fire ... A widespread collapse like this may well push these species over the edge. Many of the Amazon’s 40 million human inhabitants may be displaced by unbearable ...

Not all travellers will jump at the opportunity to fling themselves off the edge of an Amazonian waterfall, but those who do should head to Baños. Located on the outskirts of the rainforest ...

Araujo is the author of “Masters of the Lost Land: The Untold Story of the Amazon and the Violent Fight ... the conflicts that have made the largest rainforest on earth the world’s most ...

The Internet of Forests is more than just a digital monitoring initiative; it embodies ONE AMAZON’s commitment to preserving the world’s largest tropical rainforest by harnessing cutting-edge ...

But instead, this is Canaã dos Carajás, a municipality in the southeast of the state of Pará, on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest. Founded 40 years ago when those occupying the land won ...

Archaeologists working deep in the Amazon rainforest have discovered an extensive network of cities dating back 2,500 years. The highly structured pre-Hispanic settlements, with wide streets and ...