Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 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 ...

The Amazon is of vital importance because people around the world, as well as locally, depend on the rainforest. Not just for food, water, wood and medicines, but to help stabilise the climate—150-200 ...

The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. ... It has about 20% of the world’s fresh water and astounding biodiversity, including 16,000 known tree species.

The region drained by the Amazon River, including the Amazon rainforest, is in the second year of a punishing drought. That has led to the lowest water levels in more than 100 years for the Amazon ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, ... It has about 20% of the world’s fresh water and astounding biodiversity, including 16,000 known tree species.

BRASILIA – The Amazon rainforest stores the equivalent of almost two years of global carbon emissions, but its role as a carbon sink is under threat, according to a study released Monday.

Biden flew from Lima, Peru, to Manaus, Brazil, the largest city in the Amazon, to meet with local leaders working to preserve the rainforest. He was to head afterward to Rio de Janeiro for a ...

Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds - The Amazon rainforest contains almost two years of global carbon emissions, but is under threat as a ...

The Amazon rainforest contains almost two years of global carbon emissions, but is under threat as a carbon sink, according to a new study Fabiano Maisonnave Tuesday 13 August 2024 00:30 BST ...