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

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

Tens of thousands of acres have been chopped down in the Amazon (Picture ... Madre de Dios and usually do not leave the cover of the rainforest or communicate with outsiders.

The Amazon forest adapted to long dry conditions with fewer big trees and slower carbon uptake. Younger trees grew, balancing ...

The Amazon rainforest stores the equivalent of almost ... Researchers found Amazon trees held 56.8 billion metric tons of carbon above ground in 2022. They said that’s 64.7 million metric ...

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 ...

Scientists in a new study have found that gold mining in South America makes restoration of the Amazon rainforest impossible.

Brazilian prosecutors have filed a lawsuit to annul a $180 million carbon offset deal involving the state of Pará, arguing ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to ...

Rainforest could lose many of its largest trees, releasing carbon into the air and reducing its carbon sink capabilities ...