The Amazon Rainforest Location The Amazon covers a huge area (6.7 million sq km) of South America. Nearly 60% of the rainforest is in Brazil, while the rest is shared among eight other ...

As the Amazon rainforest goes dry, a desperate wait for water. ... An aerial view of Rio Branco on Aug. 25 shows the sky hazy from smoke from dry-season fires in the region. ...

NPR's John Otis has been traveling through the Amazon and filed this report. JOHN OTIS, BYLINE: So we're seeing a big black plume of smoke rising into the sky, so we're going to stop and check it out.

More information: Luiz A. T. Machado et al, Frequent rainfall-induced new particle formation within the canopy in the Amazon rainforest, Nature Geoscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01585-0 ...

Aerial view of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near the Lago do Cunia Extractive Reserve, on the border of the states of Rondonia and Amazonas, northern Brazil, on August 31, 2022.

The Amazon rainforest plays a vital role in sustaining life on the planet. Yet, this vast, ... The Amazon is at risk of reaching an irreversible tipping point. An estimated 17% of Amazon forests have ...