Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

Scientists in a new study have found that gold mining in South America makes restoration of the Amazon rainforest impossible.

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser ...

Professor Phillips writes about the discovery of the 35-meter-tall giant ‘hiding in plain sight’ in the intact Amazon ...

The Amazon rainforest is a lush, verdant expanse teeming with diverse wildlife, including vibrant macaws, elusive jaguars, ...

Basin-wide variation in tree hydraulic safety margins predicts the carbon balance of Amazon forests. Nature , 2023; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05971-3 Cite This Page : ...

Replanting in the Rio Preto-Jacundá state reserve Rioterra, a nonprofit organization, has planted millions of young trees as part of an effort to restore Amazon rainforest decimated by illegal ...

This giant tree can take up to 40 tons of carbon ... Image courtesy of Imazon. Fires in the Amazon rainforest in other parts of Pará in 2019. The state experienced a slight overall drop in ...

The Brazilian government is preparing to host the world’s largest climate summit uniquely – by chopping down tens of thousands of acres of the Amazon jungle for a new highway. The city of ...

Their highway is the Rio Wichimi, a chocolatey brown river lined with towering, parrot-filled trees. It winds through pristine jungle deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon. And the fuel that powers ...

IÑAPARI, Peru — At the entrance to its sprawling tract of virgin Amazon rainforest, the Peruvian timber company Maderacre turns ancient hardwood trees into flooring on an industrial scale.

she took on the task of organising and eventually leading an expedition into the Amazon rainforest - and to record data from the dominant trees that existed at locations ranging from Brazil ...