The Amazon rainforest represents one of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, acting as a critical regulator of the global climate, a major carbon sink, and a ...

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests. A new study reveals that ...

The study finds that at 22-28% deforestation combined with 1.51.9C of warming, the forest could lose its ability to sustain ...

The study said that without additional deforestation, such large-scale drying of the Amazon would likely occur only at much ...

Tracy and I on our hike through the rainforest (Tapajós National Forest in Brazil). Tracy is wearing one of the blue ponchos provided by The Nature Conservancy to protect from the heavy rain that ...

With the support of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, essentially all of Brazil’s government outside of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change is promoting actions that push us toward ...

Human influence across centuries continues to define biodiversity and carbon storage in the world’s largest rainforest, according to a new collaborative and international study led by the University ...

Laser technology has revealed a hidden world of sophisticated urban centers and extensive networks within the Amazon ...