According to a recent report, the Amazon has lost 97 million hectares of primary forest by 2025. Most forest loss is ...

The Amazon Basin lost about 27,000 square kilometers of forest each year from 2001 to 2016. By 2021, about 17% of the basin had been deforested. Changes to forest cover can affect surface albedo, ...

A new report from Amazon Conservation’s Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP) finds that 15% of the Amazon basin’s ...

Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth. According to Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. It is the dry season’s silent toll. A new ...

New ANU-led research reveals how forest canopy diversity shapes bird communities in the Peruvian Amazon, offering new ...

Despite Gains Combating Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon, Forest Degradation Is a Looming Threat SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...

ALTAMIRA, Brazil – If much of the Amazon forest is to wither away, this is the town where that end was foretold. During its campaign to develop the region, Brazil’s former military dictatorship chose ...

Aerial view of the Amazon forest and the Red River, Colombia. © Luis Barreto / WWF-UK The world’s largest tropical forest is home to more species than anywhere ...

Amazon forests in Brazil burned by fires remain up to 2.6°C hotter than intact forests, with heat persisting for at least 30 years. Burned forests show fundamental changes in energy balance and canopy ...