The Amazon, often called the "lungs of the planet," is the world's largest tropical forest, playing a crucial role in the ...

This year has been the worst for the Amazon rainforest in almost two decades. Although there has been a measured decline in ...

Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday ...

Brazil is burning. From the Amazon rainforest to the Pantanal wetlands, flames have consumed millions of hectares of forest ...

Wildfires, storms, and selective logging as major drivers of Amazon rainforest carbon emissions, surpassing clear-cutting.

South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a roadway in the heart of the Amazon that experts ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the most important and biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Not only does it contribute heavily to the watershed systems in South America, it houses millions of ...

Brazil is fighting wildfires that have cast smoke across swaths of its territory, fuelled by heatwaves and the nation’s worst drought on record.

but new data on Wednesday indicate huge swathes of the jungle that are most vital to the world's climate remain unprotected. Nearly 40% of the areas of the Amazon rainforest most critical to ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday indicate huge swathes of the jungle that are most vital ...