A new study found that deforestation in the Amazon doesn’t just raise temperatures in the areas where the deforestation took place but rather throughout the entire region. Researchers analyzed ...

Eight South American countries failed to agree on a common goal to save the critically vulnerable Amazon from deforestation following a landmark summit in Brazil Tuesday, a concerning outcome as ...

Revealing Alarming Impacts of Amazon Deforestation on Climate Warming. The study unveiled that Amazon deforestation is contributing to climate warming, causing increased warming up to 62 miles away.

Environmental impact assessments failed to account for the full scale of road-induced deforestation. Impacts extended up to 68 kilometers from first-cut roads in the Brazilian Amazon, compared to ...

AGUA CLARA, Brazil — Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 66% last month compared to July 2022 and is now at its lowest rate in six years, according to preliminary data released by Brazil’s National ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Amazon accounts for 20% of land photosynthesis which can take away carbon dioxide molecules from the air. ... Amazon deforestation impact on world climate.

More information: Eduardo A. Haddad et al, Economic drivers of deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, Nature Sustainability (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01387-7 Provided by FAPESP ...

Deforestation in Brazil's vast savannah, known as the Cerrado, decreased by 25.7%, the first decline in five years. The area destroyed reached 8,174 square kilometers (3,156 square miles).