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Afro-descendant peoples in four Amazon countries show remarkable achievements in environmental stewardship, according to new research from Conservation International, published in Nature ...

The accelerated degradation of the Brazilian Amazon, primarily due to fires, has overshadowed the significant reduction in ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its ...

Lightning storms in the Amazon further contribute to the rainforest's fertilization by converting nitrogen into a usable form for plants. My wife asked me the other day about all the dust in the air.

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — 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 ...

What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers The Associated Press May 29, 2025, 9:03 AM ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future.

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future.

What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers Associated Press Published May 29, 2025 • 4 minute read Join the conversation ...

A new discovery at an archaeological site has led researchers to believe that humans lived in rainforests much earlier than previously thought.