Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian portion of the Amazon rainforest slowed over the last 12 months by nearly half compared to the previous year, according to new government data. The country lost 4300 ...

Clearing of Amazonian forest boosts rainfall during the wet season, but reduces it in the dry season, when the ecosystem needs water most — highlighting the need to prevent further clearance of ...

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal ...

In 2019, orbiting 500 miles above the Earth, the NOAA-20 satellite pointed its cameras at South America and captured a disturbing sight. In an image that stretched from the Pacific to the Atlantic ...