The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to ...

Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's ...

The elders also highlighted the imagery of symbolically significant animals, such as anacondas, jaguars, bats and herons, as ...

"Whenever oil companies — or any type of extractivist company — come, they bring diseases. We are condemned with sicknesses, ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to ...

Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's energy budget, water cycle, and climate. However, the origin of aerosol ...

"We are on the right path." Leaders strike historic deal that could change the future of the Amazon rainforest: 'The largest ...

A prolonged drought, now in its second year, is devastating large swaths of Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Whole communities and the Amazon’s largest city are struggling under the parched conditions.

A report suggests that further degradation of the Amazon could turn one of the world’s most important carbon sinks into a ...

Deforestation in Brazil's vast savannah, known as the Cerrado, decreased by 25.7%, the first decline in five years. The area ...

Over the last century, the Amazon rainforest -- which covers nearly 40 percent of South America -- has lost about 20 percent of its area to deforestation, due to the spread of agriculture and ...

Brazil’s environment minister, a renowned former activist, helped push climate change to the top of President Lula’s agenda.