New research shows climate change may be overloading the Amazon's tree canopy, disrupting photosynthesis and signaling forest ...

Researchers warn that exceeding the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C limit necessitates bolder emissions reduction plans before COP30.

Rainforests are among the most critical ecosystems on Earth. Home to roughly half of all terrestrial species, they provide oxygen and habitat, and help regulate regional rain and weather patterns. In ...

In the future, even if the petrostate’s emissions exceed the capacity of its carbon sink, its carbon-negative status would ...

A Brazilian state was set to close a massive $180 million carbon credit deal, but now faces an escalating legal battle, ...

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

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

MANAUS, Brazil — Months before hosting the U.N.’s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula ...

Former U.S. Interior Bruce Babbitt, who sits on the board of the nonprofit Amazon Conservation, said in a statement that the bill “will lead to massive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. It should ...

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon set for November, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut its green rhetoric, revealing mounting political pressure on ...

Deforestation continues to all of our peril. We have the ability to prevent these losses and preserve our vital old growth forests.