The Amazon rainforest is often described as one of the most important ecosystems on the planet, yet it is also one of the ...

By Maxwell Radwin Each year, researchers at the University of Maryland’s GLAD Lab in the U.S. develop one of the most ...

The Amazon’s protected areas are “expensive to manage” because “many are vast” and “some are difficult to reach”, so a field ...

The rich plant life that makes up the Amazon rainforest contributes a significant amount of water vapour to Earth’s atmosphere. A recent study found that extensive deforestation here has caused a ...

Climate researchers warn that the Amazon is close to a tipping point. This threatens a transformation that poses a massive threat to the global climate, biodiversity and food supply.

You would think that with all the warnings about deforestation and its impact on climate change, deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest would continue its decline. Actually, it has gotten worse – much ...

Brazil cut deforestation in the Amazon to its lowest level since 2019 in 2025, with tougher environmental enforcement helping reduce forest loss even as five trees continued to be felled every ...

July 15 (UPI) --The Amazon rainforest -- considered one of the world's most important climate regulators -- continues to face serious threats in 2025. New data show that pressure on the ecosystem has ...

Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

Rainforests cover less than 10 per cent of Earth’s surface but support more than half of all known species. Here’s why World ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's government reported on Thursday a sharp overall rise in deforestation in the country's Amazon rainforest for last year, reversing much of the progress made during a ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest saw its highest annual rate of deforestation in over 15 years, the latest data shows, after a 22% climb from the previous year. The country's space research agency ...