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

With wildfires turning forests into “massive carbon emitters,” planting trees in some places could inadvertently increase ...

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

Beneath the dense canopy of the Amazon, a clearing reveals the stark reality of prolonged drought. Fallen logs decay, trees ...

A decades-long project set out to simulate a future in which the changing climate could deplete the Amazon of rainfall.

Amazon rainforest deforestation is reshaping the planet’s climate. It affects rainfall, raises global temperatures, and ...

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 ...

Gold mining in the Amazon is devastating soil and water; combined with heat, water loss, and topsoil depletion, it's stalling ...