The cause of the pollution is largely fires set by humans to clear forest for cattle and pasturelands, according to the peer-reviewed findings ...

Scientists test Amazon's drought limits in Brazil with a unique experiment. As climate change and deforestation accelerate, ...

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BRASILIA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon increased in October for the first time in four months, government data showed on Friday, as destruction of the world's largest rainforest ...

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data showed on Monday, with destruction soaring since President Jair Bolsonaro took ...

These tropical forest CO₂ emissions may warn of similar shifts in other regions, a key topic for COP30 climate talks in Brazil.

The giants of the Amazon are getting even bigger. A sweeping, new study has found the rainforest’s largest trees are not only holding their ground, but they’re thriving — growing, multiplying in ...

Jaguars in the Brazilian Amazon have surprised scientists with an unusual adaptation to annual flooding: They live in trees for months, hunting and raising families high above the rising waters. As ...