The Amazon rainforest experienced its most devastating fire season in over two decades during 2024. The 2024 fires released substantial amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which roughly ...

How long would it take for the world’s largest rainforest to burn down? If we don’t do anything to stop it, we’ll soon find ...

Environmental journalists are pairing satellite imagery and machine learning to expose illegal mining across the Amazon.

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2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate fed ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The Amazon rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. It’s a crucial carbon sink for the climate, has about 20% ...

The Amazon rainforest is a massive area, twice the size of India and sprawling across eight countries and one territory. It's a crucial carbon sink for the climate, has about 20% of the world’s ...

An Amazon summit, which was attended by Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, and Ecuador, has ended with a new environmental protection plan. The new plan addresses how ...

(Bloomberg) -- When the United Nations climate conference COP29 kicks off Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, attendees will be grappling with the reelection of former US President Donald Trump. Countries ...