The Amazon rainforest, often called the “lungs of the Earth,” extends across nine South American countries and covers ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging ...

Rainfall in regions far from the Amazon could decrease, resulting in droughts and water shortages. The loss of this rainforest could lead to unpredictable and severe weather events, affecting ...

An eight-mile stretch of Amazon rainforest is being cleared to make space for a new four-lane highway that's being built in Brazil to ferry delegates to a climate conference later this year.

“It is a cruel irony that a highway destroying the Amazon rainforest is being built for a climate summit meant to protect it,” the Executive Coordinator of YouthNet Global, Sohanur Rahman, said in a ...