Frequent forest fires and agricultural expansion are degrading soil health in the southern Brazilian Amazon. This results in ...

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 places ...

Amazon rainforest keeps burning Tens of thousands of Brazilian troops have been deployed to fight the fires as outrage grows over the government’s response. ABC News’ Janai Norman reports.

This is what 24 years of severe drought looks like in the world’s largest rainforest. But this patch of degraded forest, about the size of a soccer field, is a scientific experiment.

By Alicia Moncada, Americas climate justice researcher, and Tamaryn Nelson, legal advisor for business and human rights At ...

The rainforest stores a massive amount of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is the main driver of climate change. According to one study, the Amazon stores the equivalent of two years of global ...

This is what 24 years of severe drought looks like in the world's largest rainforest. But this patch of degraded forest, about the size of a soccer field, is a scientific experiment. Launched in 2000 ...

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. The ...