The Amazon is undergoing a radical transformation. New research suggests the rainforest is now entering a hypertropical state, a condition not seen on Earth for millions of years, driven by extreme ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are ...

Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...

Global warming, with its long summers and increasing number of droughts, is introducing a new climate in the Amazon rainforest.

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 ...

Average tree size across the Amazon has increased by 3.2% every decade, consistent with a response to rising carbon dioxide levels, a new study suggests. The research published in Nature Plants by a ...

Some areas of the Amazon rainforest are more resilient to drought than others, new research shows. But if not managed carefully, we could 'threaten the integrity of the whole system,' researchers say.

Nearly 20 years ago, a Brazilian lobbying group for soy trading and processing companies signed onto a historic conservation ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area encompasses an area of Amazon Rainforest more than half the size of ...

Sociologist Thomas Rudel explores the social and political forces behind global reforestation, arguing that forest regrowth is rarely automatic and often depends on human decisions and local ...