Since the start of the 21st century, major planetary ecosystems, like the Amazon rainforest and Antarctica have consistently ...

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The Amazon Rainforest, where next year’s COP30 climate summit will be hosted, is reeling from two consecutive years of severe drought, with major rivers at record lows, leading to water shortages and ...

Dry conditions were fueled by deforestation and the El Niño weather pattern, and made worse by climate change.

Governments have historically viewed the Amazon as an area to be exploited, with little regard for sustainability or the rights of its Indigenous peoples.

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

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that's a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...

2025 marks a pivotal moment for the Amazon rainforest as Belém do Pará in northern Brazil prepares to host the first United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP) focused specifically on climate ...

While deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon plunged during that period, the rainforest remains under threat from land grabbing, illegal gold mining, diminishing rainfall, and outbreaks of fire ...

Aerial image of an area of Amazon rainforest affected by illegal fire on the banks of the BR-319 road between Porto Velho, Rondonia State and Manaus, Amazonas State, northern Brazil. AFP The Amazon ...

These results are being celebrated as a major win for conservationists and climate advocates. The Brazilian government, led ...