The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions ...

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

Ecuador is scoping out new debt-for-nature swaps, one to funnel funds into the Amazon rainforest and another for a giant ocean protection zone backed by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, people ...

Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's energy budget, water cycle, and climate. However, the origin of aerosol ...

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 ...

The Amazon rainforest is being hit with more days of extreme drought that is leading to tree die-offs that will change the nature of these tropical sinks of carbon dioxide produced by the burning of ...

RURRENABAQUE, Bolivia—The day the fire came, Dario Mamio Serato remembers that he could not breathe. The Amazon rainforest, known as the lungs of the Earth, was an inferno. Acrid smoke engulfed Mamio ...

Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's energy budget, water cycle, and climate. However, the origin of aerosol ...

Experience a peaceful aerial journey over the Amazon River with stunning 4K drone footage showcasing lush rainforest scenery ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Tracy and I on our hike through the rainforest (Tapajós National Forest ...

Joelma Diarroi from Associação Povo Indígena Jiahui, Brazil, lives in the Amazon where drones monitor the rainforest. Nature is a crucial ally in tackling climate change, absorbing carbon, regulating ...

Scientists have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon rain forests of Peru. The new wasp genus called amazonica Capitojoppa is one of several species unknown to science which were discovered in ...