A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate fed ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change but could experience “profound changes” including the death of large trees and a diminished ability to absorb ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. Subscribe to our ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: While the Amazon rainforest is ...

This November, the United Nations will descend on the city of Belém, Brazil in an attempt to solve climate change. The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, will bring 50,000 people ...

An eight-mile stretch of Amazon rainforest is being cleared to make space for a new four-lane highway that's being built in Brazil to ferry delegates to a climate conference later this year. The ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...