Brazil's geological service says that one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level in 122 years ...

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, ...

The deal foresees the purchase of up to 12 million tons of carbon credits generated by reducing deforestation in Para between ...

Brasília, Brazil - Scientists are calling for greater protections for the Amazon rainforest after it was revealed that nearly 40% of its areas most critical to curbing climate change remain ...

The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has remained near a six-year low despite a surge in the number of fires ...

Recently burned forestland in Mato Grosso, Brazil (Suzie Hubbard/WWF-UK/PA) Experts predict that if 20-25% of the Amazon is lost, it could go into irretrievable decline but even before this year’s ...

The Amazon rainforest could be reaching an irreversible tipping point beyond which it will decline until "we're just left ...

The Brazilian state of Para plans to consult Indigenous communities about the sale of carbon offset credits to U.S. companies ...

Countries in the Amazon region are failing to “follow the money” in their investigations of environmental crimes, the ...

MANAUS, Brazil - The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and ...

Extreme temperatures and humidity levels (excessive rain or drought) projected for the Amazon in the context of climate ...

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