In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than two decades. According to a new study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the fire-driven ...

Deforestation has claimed 74,663 square miles of Brazil’s Amazon basin since 2001. The map below shows Brazil's rate of deforestation within the Amazon Basin (green) over a 15-year period. Data: ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an ...