The forests of the world were suffering from the effects of global warming, but the Amazon might be flourishing. A new study found that the trees in the Amazon rainforest were increasing in size with ...

Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are ...

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 places ...

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 what ...

Global warming, with its long summers and increasing number of droughts, is introducing a new climate in the Amazon rainforest.

When most of us think about clearing away the Amazon rainforest, we have visions of chainsaws and scorched earth. In recent years, vast swathes of the rainforest have been razed for cattle pastures, ...

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A group representing some of the world’s largest soybean traders is exiting a landmark deal created in Brazil to protect the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Amazon Rainforest is on fire. Or much of it, at least. On February 28, Brazil’s ...

Many locals are cheering on the Brazilian government’s plans to rebuild a decrepit highway. Environmentalists are less keen ...