By Fernanda Wenzel A few tree species are key to restoring biodiversity and carbon storage in deforested areas of the ...

Scientists created an artificial drought in the Amazon rainforest for over two decades. Initially resilient, the forest lost ...

Amazon fish farms grew 450-fold since 1985. Satellite maps now show what land the ponds replaced and where the carbon cost ...

Brazil forest concessions can now trade carbon credits. How stacking forest carbon credits on timber revenue changes the ...

At dawn in this small Amazonian village in Brazil's Para state, flocks of noisy green parrots soar overhead as children run and play between wooden homes, kicking up sandy soil—in places white and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon ...

Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth. According to Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth ...

As a child, I dreamed of visiting the Amazon rainforest, but I always envisioned it being wildly inaccessible. Traveling, especially internationally, is expensive. Looking at lodging alone, hotel ...

The southwest of the Amazon rain forest has long been regarded as a pristine wilderness, undisturbed by large scale human disturbance until recently. But that story has been turned on its head by a ...

The water level at a major river port in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped substantially in the first six months of this year, perhaps signaling a reversal after years of losses in the vast rainforest. Some good news out of Brazil ...