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’, ...

When trees are cut, or wither and die from drought ... draws some parallels with the past two years, when much of the Amazon rainforest, under the influence of El Nino and the impact of climate ...

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

Scientists reveal what would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out - When trees die from drought, they release carbon, ...

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 ...

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, ...

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