This aerial view shows trucks carrying wood from a deforested area in the Amazon rainforest, in the surroundings of Belém, Brazil, on Wednesday during the COP30 U.N. Climate Change Conference. (Mauro ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 30-year study shows Amazon trees are growing larger, strengthening the forest’s carbon sink role. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) For ...

Democracy Now! is broadcasting from the U.N. climate summit in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belém, near the mouth of the Amazon River, where the COP30 summit has entered its second week of ...

Amazon is facing a climate that has not been experienced in millions of years, according to a study published in the journal Nature. Referred to as "hypertropical," the climate exhibits droughts that ...

The Amazon stands at a decisive crossroads. This is not the language of alarmism, but a statement of fact. The world’s most biodiverse tropical forest has already lost 16 percent of its cover; more ...

New investment strengthens long-term protection of more than 15 million hectares of the Peruvian Amazon and expands ...

When and how quickly can ecosystems "tip" and how will they develop in the future? Researchers from the University of Potsdam, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and the Technical ...

For the first time, the United Nations climate change negotiations are taking place at the edge of a tropical rainforest, a setting many are still waiting to see if it can inspire governments to take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This aerial view shows trucks carrying wood from a deforested area in the Amazon rainforest, in the surroundings of Belém, Brazil, ...

For decades, researchers anticipated that climate change would stunt the Amazon’s tallest trees. But a gargantuan new study says the opposite: the giants of the rainforest are thriving, and even the ...

Two stark-white cruise ships loomed over a muddy Amazonian estuary, an odd sight from a beach where two children waded in the water. The diesel-powered vessels towered over the impoverished riverfront ...