Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds Tired Earth August 13, 2024 Researchers found Amazon trees held 56.8 billion metric tons of carbon above ground in 2022.
Indigenous-managed forests in Brazil's Amazon absorb thousands of dangerous pollutants from wildfires Debbie Banks April 08, 2023 Currently, there are 383 recognized Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, covering more than 1,160,000 square km.
Amazon mammals threatened by climate change Hannah Steiner February 21, 2023 Study reveals impacts of Savannization on Brazilian Amazon land animals.
Human activity has degraded more than a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest, scientists find Hannah Steiner January 28, 2023 Preventing the advance of deforestation remains vital, and could also allow more attention to be directed to other drivers of....
Amazon rainforest deforestation is influencing weather in Tibet Hannah Steiner January 09, 2023 The Amazon rainforest is considered to represent one of the world's tipping points, where small, gradual changes can eventually lead....
Brazil's Amazon sees worst August fires in over a decade George Scott August 31, 2022 Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010, surpassing the blazes in....
Crucial illegal road threatens Amazon rainforest as experts say stakes couldn't be higher Liang Lan August 25, 2022 An illegal dirt road ripping through protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon is now only a few miles shy of....
Amazon Deforestation Hits New Record In 2022, Area 5 Times Size Of New York Destroyed George Scott July 11, 2022 Various studies have pointed out that the Amazon has lost at least 17 per cent of its forest in the....