Record-Breaking Carbon Emissions Transform the Amazon from Guardian to Threat The Amazon rainforest experienced its most ...

The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...

When most of us think about clearing away the Amazon rainforest, we have visions of chainsaws and scorched earth. In recent years, vast swathes of the rainforest have been razed for cattle pastures, ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Massive fires fueled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a report issued on Wednesday. Loss of tropical pristine forests alone reached ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with Michael Coe, a senior scientist and tropical forest ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate fed ...

Extreme heat, fires and flooding—all hallmark consequences of climate change—directly influenced this year's UN climate ...

First came the floods, then the fire. As he officially opened COP30, Brazil’s president, Lula Inacio da Silva said that by ...

BELEM, Brazil, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Brazil insisted on hosting this year's COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem to put rainforests at the heart of negotiations on how to curb global ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new initiative led by Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment plans to financially reward conservationists of the planet’s tropical forests. In an ...

Discover the oldest rainforests on Earth including Daintree, Khao Sok, Taman Negara, and the Congo Rainforest. Learn about ...