Extreme heat, drought and ozone from fire emissions are devastating the Amazon and other rainforests, new research shows.

Due to the location's dependence on water and its vulnerability to global forcing, the basin is warming rapidly ...

The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could increase to 150 days per year by 2100.

Trees of all sizes across the Amazon rainforest are getting fatter due to climate change, a new study shows. Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere have created a more ...

A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, causing mass tree die-offs. Reading time 3 minutes When it comes to ...

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The world’s largest tropical rainforest that serves as a “critical counterweight to climate change” is under threat of ...

The conservation of the Amazon has been largely absent from this year’s campaign. Still, the two men represent starkly ...

Brazil's environment is a global concern. But on the campaign trail, it's struggling to get voters' attention.

According to WWF, climate change and deforestation could convert the majority of the Amazon rainforest into savanna, with massive impacts on the world’s biodiversity and climate. Curitiba, Brazil – ...

A general election in Brazil next month is widely seen as a choice between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro ...