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, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Amazon rainforest can persist under long-term drought, but this adaptation results in the loss of many large trees and over one-third of total biomass ...

The Amazon rainforest is a lush, verdant expanse teeming with diverse wildlife, including vibrant macaws, elusive jaguars, ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer world would exact a heavy toll, a study suggests. The Amazon rainforest ...

Sebastião Salgado, a renowned photojournalist who died last week, spent decades capturing an Amazon that is fast disappearing ...