This 780-mile-long watery artery, which forms the northeast border between Bolivia and Brazil, is home to thousands of ...

In 2019, scientists turned off the rain in Biosphere 2’s glass rainforest for 9.5 weeks. Carbon storage fell about 70%, and recovery began when rain returned.

The re-election of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected to lead to continued rainforest protections. His opponent ...

NASA satellite imagery reveals massive Amazon rainforest fires as El Niño-driven drought fuels dangerous conditions across Brazil.

Environmentalists, Indigenous groups and climate scientists are relieved after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's ...

The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of carbon in its vegetation. In 2023, the region experienced unusually high ...

The Amazon rainforest could be reaching an irreversible tipping point beyond which it will decline until "we're just left with scrub," conservationists have warned. WWF's biennial Living Planet report ...

Heading into the first round of voting on Sunday, the front-runners are Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is seeking ...

While Brazil’s presidential candidates have not made policy of the Amazon a major campaign topic, climate scientists and ...

El Niño is fueling a dangerous cascade of wildfires across the tropics, with the Amazon rainforest now experiencing ...

Lula’s victory in Brazil's presidential election brings hope for the Amazon – but far-right gains threaten progress. View on ...

As the planet heats up and climate warnings grow more urgent, scientists are studying ideas that once sounded like science fiction. One of the most controversial involves changing the sky itself. A ...