A new study published today by Wake Forest University and an international team of scientists reveals that tree communities ...

A major study shows Amazon and Andes forests are failing to adapt to climate change, raising alarms for biodiversity 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 ...

Picture a forested hillside stripped bare, replaced by row after row of black solar panels. That’s the tradeoff many ...

The famously verdant Amazon Rainforest can easily transform into a dry savannah in the future because various environmental indicators — such as deforestation — are flashing red and can push the ...

The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the trees of the rainforest will benefit too.

The Amazon’s most fertile, productive forests, which are critical for supplying Brazil’s agricultural region with rainfall, are also the most vulnerable to drought, according to recent ...

ALTAMIRA, Brazil – If much of the Amazon forest is to wither away, this is the town where that end was foretold.

In the Amazon, gold mining is a thriving business, pushing deep into the rainforest and indigenous lands. Small-scale operations set up primarily illicitly and operated in the shadows use mercury ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — 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 ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST – 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 ...