Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a ...

Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its ...

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

The rich plant life that makes up the Amazon rainforest contributes a significant amount of water vapour to Earth’s ...

Scientists in a new study have found that gold mining in South America makes restoration of the Amazon rainforest impossible.

This is what 24 years of severe drought looks like in the world’s largest rainforest. But this patch of degraded forest, about the size of a soccer field, is a scientific experiment.

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest and river system, and the most biologically diverse place on earth. It covers roughly 40% of South America, spanning Brazil, Bolivia, Peru ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future. The ...