Scientists say Earth is on the brink of crossing critical climate tipping points, from melting ice sheets to dying ...

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 ...

“If the Amazon rainforest is to avoid the tipping point ... in deforestation had already been recorded by July due to dry weather caused by El Nino, a weather phenomenon that warms the central ...

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 ...