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.

Gold mining in the Amazon is devastating soil and water; combined with heat, water loss, and topsoil depletion, it's stalling ...

Fires could turn the Amazon rainforest into a desert as human activity and climate change threaten ‘lungs of the world’, ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the ...

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, ...

There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the canopy layer. A few trees ...

When trees are cut, or wither and die from drought ... draws some parallels with the past two years, when much of the Amazon rainforest, under the influence of El Niño and the impact of climate ...

Setting up the world’s biggest giant tropical forest reserve in the Congo Basin is a step towards conserving the area and ...

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro ...