Leticia lies in Colombia’s Amazonas region near the Amazon River and is surrounded by tropical forests, wetlands, and ...

Three 2026 studies reveal that the Amazon can regrow quickly, but deforestation and warming could trigger a system-wide tipping point in the next 15 years.

When a destroyed section of the Amazon rainforest begins to recover, nature deploys only a few tree species that can withstand poor soil conditions and blazing sun and grow rapidly, a Brazilian study ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...

Dear EarthTalk: How are conservationists encouraging reforestation in the Amazon? -- P.S., Tempe, Arizona The Amazon ...

Now, researchers warn another “Super” El Niño could doom the Amazon rainforest. “The southern Amazon is close to a tipping point,” Brazilian Earth system scientist Carlos Nobre tells the science ...

MANAUS, Brazil — President Joe Biden stopped Sunday in this city in the heart of the rainforest, marking the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited the Amazon, as he sought to emphasize the ...

Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth. According to Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth ...

Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss in the Amazon, pushing it towards partial or total collapse. New research has identified the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continues to decline, according to data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute, INPE.

The water level at a major river port in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and ...

As a child, I dreamed of visiting the Amazon rainforest, but I always envisioned it being wildly inaccessible. Traveling, especially internationally, is expensive. Looking at lodging alone, hotel ...