Advocacy organization Rainforest Alliance blames decreased enforcement of forest law, illegal deforestation and invasion of indigenous territories for rise in fire outbreaks. The number of fires ...

The Amazon Rainforest plays a crucial role in the Earth’s water cycle, generating approximately 20% of the world’s oxygen through photosynthesis and influencing rainfall.

Satellite observations show the Amazon rainforest is nearing a tipping point where it could shift into a grassland, which could fuel climate change and imperil biodiversity, according to a study ...

The Amazon has lost between 15% and 17% of its trees, and at current deforestation rates, the rainforest could cross Nobre’s threshold in 15 to 30 years. “We are almost seeing the tipping ...

The Amazon rainforest is "teetering on the edge" of an irreversible threshold that would turn it into a savanna, a group of top scientists warn.; That's because humans have been cutting and ...

Why the Amazon could be at risk of "collapsing" 04:16 French President Emmanuel Macron wants the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest to be on the agenda at this weekend's G-7 summit.

The Amazon rainforest lost an estimated 5 million acres in 2020, an area roughly the size of Israel, according to a recent report on the region. Experts warn that unchecked deforestation in the ...

"The Amazon is the largest tract of continuous rainforest on the planet, and it plays a critical role in the (Earth's) climate system," said Laura Schneider, a geographer at Rutgers University ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest and covers much of northwestern Brazil, functioning as Earth’s "air conditioner," as it helps regulate the planet’s global ...

South America's dense Amazon rainforest has long served as one of the planet's primary carbon-absorbing regions, but a new study has found human interference is causing a large part of the ...

The Amazon Rainforest is approaching a "tipping point" beyond which it would become barren Droughts and logging have wreaked havoc on the rainforest often called the "world's lungs," scientists say.