THE AMAZON Rainforest is being destroyed at a rapid rate, losing 4,281 square miles in the year from August 2019 to July 2020 - a 9.5 percent rise on the year before.

Like the Amazon, the Congo Basin rainforest is turning from carbon “sink” to source, new study says Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...

Researchers have already documented a reduction in carbon uptake in the Amazon rainforest. In a 2015 paper also published in Nature, scientists found that intact Amazon jungle absorbed 30% less ...