Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Amazon rainforest. Neil Palmer / CIAT The Brazilian Amazon is on pace to see forest clearing hit a record low this year, ...

Near-real-time satellite alerts show Amazon deforestation in Brazil continuing to decline into early 2026, with clearing from August through January falling to its lowest level for that period since ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%. The loss of vegetation leads to an increase in surface temperature, a ...

More than 11 thousand years ago, humans were still dwelling in the Amazon rainforest. Back then, however, desires were fewer, and needs not many. By storing up an enormous stock of the planet’s carbon ...

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 ...

Critics in Suriname are speaking out against plans to develop 113,465 hectares (280,378 acres) of rainforest for industrial agriculture in the district of Nickerie. The plans come from a 2024 ...

The Amazon Rainforest stretches endlessly across South America, forming the largest tropical rainforest on Earth. From above, its winding rivers carve through a vast ocean of green, revealing the ...

While artificial intelligence (AI) has been positioned as a revolution in the way that ­people live and work, it has also ...

An expedition to one of Earth’s most remote corners yielded a remarkable new species, but the discovery comes with an urgent warning Imagine a forest so high, cold and remote that almost no scientist ...