By Alexandre de Santi In just under a year from now, the world will turn to Belém, Brazil, a city on the edge of the Amazon ...

A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, ...

The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem. The rainforest’s ecological balance depends on the transport and recycling of moisture, but ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to store large amounts of carbon and its influence on the global water cycle.

Ronildo Pacheco’s land on the eastern side of Marajó, an island that sits where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean, is a riot of crops that seem to change every few steps. His pineapple field ...

A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38 percent of the Amazon ...