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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Carbon is an element in carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas warming our world. The Amazon rainforest is estimated to contain 150 billion to 200 billion tons of carbon, according to the World ...

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 ...