The Amazon is undergoing a radical transformation. New research suggests the rainforest is now entering a hypertropical state ...

A new study of the Amazon rainforest has found the region is shifting toward a 'hypertropical' state as droughts become ...

The Amazon’s worst fire season in decades is turning the rainforest into a massive carbon emitter.

Global warming, with its long summers and increasing number of droughts, is introducing a new climate in the Amazon ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

Due to climate change, the Amazon is experiencing longer dry seasons and droughts, which could edge it into a new climate known as the “hypertropics.” Crossing this biome threshold would come with ...

Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon ...

Wildfires are burning at a record rate in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, creating a plume of smoke so large that it can be seen from space. A government monitoring agency said Brazil has seen a record ...

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests. As the world gathers at ...

A government plan to pave a highway in the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from environmentalists who say the development will cause more wildfires in the region. But for those who live in ...