The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its ...

Parts of the world’s largest rainforest is suffering its worst drought. Amazon rivers in Brazil, including the Negro River and Madeira River, have fallen to record low water levels.

The Amazon rainforest lost an estimated 5 million acres in 2020, an area roughly the size of Israel, according to a recent report on the region. Experts warn that unchecked deforestation in the ...

The new documentary 'We Are Guardians' examines the rapid deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the efforts by local ...

Within just five years, the Amazon Rainforest could lose half the total forest cover that it lost in the first 20 years of this century, a recent study has shown, as deforestation rates continue ...

Amazon rainforest is emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs in some areas, study says. By Jessie Yeung, CNN. Updated 4:23 AM ET, Thu July 15, 2021 .

Why the Amazon could be at risk of "collapsing" 04:16 French President Emmanuel Macron wants the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest to be on the agenda at this weekend's G-7 summit.

The Amazon has lost between 15% and 17% of its trees, and at current deforestation rates, the rainforest could cross Nobre’s threshold in 15 to 30 years. “We are almost seeing the tipping ...

By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday indicate huge swathes of the jungle that ...

The Amazon rainforest is "teetering on the edge" of an irreversible threshold that would turn it into a savanna, a group of top scientists warn.; That's because humans have been cutting and ...

The Amazon rainforest has been on fire for the past month, and Brazil has declared a state of emergency in the region. The fires are destroying the homes of indigenous tribes and threatening ...

In fact, the Amazon rainforest has experienced three major droughts, considered “once-in-a-century events” in 2005, 2010, and in 2015-2016.