Forest fires have consumed tens of millions of hectares in the Amazon basin this year, due to global warming, an extreme two-year drought, and illegal burning of forests and pastures.

Abel Rodríguez, Amazon Basin Artist and Plant Expert, Has Died The Nonuya (Indigenous Colombian) painter was revered for his bright ink-on-paper renderings of the region’s lush flora and fauna ...

Drought leaves Amazon basin rivers at all-time low. 18 September 2024. Share Save. Mark Poynting, Climate and environment researcher & Vanessa Buschschlüter, Online Latin America editor.

In Peru, National Geographic Explorer Jennifer Angel-Amaya monitors the toxin, used in some mining operations, and aims to establish mercury-free gold as a hot commodity.

“The Amazon Basin is facing one of the most severe droughts in recent years in 2024, with significant impacts on several member countries,” stated a technical note issued Wednesday by the ...

In 2023, all nine countries in the Amazon basin recorded their lowest rainfall in more than 40 years for July through September. According to recent research by the European Union Science Center ...

Amazon River: This article explains in detail the source, climate, flora and fauna and frequently asked questions related to the Amazon River. It also includes information about the Amazon Basin ...

They found 10 per cent of the Amazon basin is at risk of being exposed to at least two of these stressors by 2050, and therefore has a higher potential of transitioning to degraded forest or to a ...

A more intact forest than regions like the Amazon, Central Africa's Congo Basin saw deforestation increase by 5% in 2021, according to a report released on Thursday by environmental group Climate ...

Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are working together to promote the sustainable fishing of near magic fish called pirarucu.

Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says. The Madeira river, a major ...