Last year Brazil suffered the deepest drought since records began. Wildfires were particularly ferocious and difficult to fight. They caused 60% of the deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016 ...

Brazil sold exploration rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at the start of an ...

An oil tanker sat docked at Chevron’s sprawling refinery in Richmond on Thursday — a visible link between California’s ...

The killing of Indigenous land defenders is especially happening in Brazil. Since 2009, there have been more than 300 deaths related to land conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon. The Amazon rainforest is ...

“The Amazon’s hydrological cycle is becoming more extreme,” co-author Roel Brienen of the University of Leeds said in a ...

Tree rings in the Amazon reveal intensifying rainfall extremes, with wetter wet seasons and drier dry seasons, reshaping ...

Brazil is pursuing significant oil and gas expansion plans despite its role as host of the COP30 climate summit, raising concerns about its commitment to environmental policies.

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon's rainfall cycle over the last 40 ...

The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest system of rainforest and rivers. Two of these rivers, the Putumayo and the ...