Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%.
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 ...
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 ...
Scientists realized that the rain-making services of tropical forests have long been taken for granted, so they stepped ...
Nations sealed a modest agreement at the UN climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday as many countries swallowed weaker terms on a fossil fuel phaseout to preserve unity. Nearly 200 ...
Deforestation in the Amazon is making the region hotter and drier, with less rainfall as the forest loses its ability to ...
The Amazon rainforest actively generates its own rainfall through a vital moisture recycling process. Trees release vast amounts of water vapor, creating 'flying rivers' that sustain ecosystems and ...
Nearly 200 countries at the United Nations climate talks did little to counteract papal criticism that "failing" political will is undermining global efforts to stave off dangerous levels of global ...
More than 12,500 extreme climate events were registered in the Amazon biome between 2013 and 2023, according to a recent study. But many more events were never recorded, as some Amazonian countries ...
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 ...
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 ...