The Amazon Is Morphing Into a ‘Hypertropical’ Climate—and It’s as Apocalyptic as It Sounds

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

Deforestation for cattle farms brings floods and droughts to Amazon's Indigenous people

Throughout my life, the Amazon had distinct dry and rainy seasons. But recently, the weather has gone completely crazy. It ...
Mongabay

The Amazon saw record deforestation last year. Here’s why.

An estimated 1.98 million hectares (4.89 million acres) of forest were cleared in 2022, a 21% increase from 2021. It was the worst year for deforestation since 2004, according to Amazon Conservation’s ...
Reuters

Deforestation harms climate less than other types of Amazon degradation, study finds

SAO PAULO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva came into office in 2023 pledging to tackle deforestation in the Amazon and restore his country as a climate leader after ...
CounterPunch

Amazon Rainforest Cleared for Climate Conference

This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past two COPs (UN Conference of the Parties) that were held by, and dictated by, ...
Mongabay

Amazon deforestation in Brazil booms in August

Rainforest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon jumped 11% in August with deforestation reaching 1,661 square kilometers (641 square miles) — an area more than 28 times the size of Manhattan — ...
The Hill

Rainforest loss worsened despite global pledge: research

Rainforest loss accelerated last year compared to 2021 despite 100 international leaders’ pledge to end deforestation by 2030, according to a report released Tuesday by the group Global Forest Watch.
Newsweek

Scientists Surprised by Virus Discovery in Brazil’s Amazon

Researchers in Brazil have discovered that both Mayaro and chikungunya viruses are unexpectedly circulating in the Amazon rainforest at the same time. This discovery overturns the belief that ...
The Conversation

Indigenous defenders stand between illegal roads and survival of the Amazon rainforest – Brazil’s election could be a turning point

David S. Salisbury has collaborations with the communities of Sawawo, Saweto and Apiwtxa. He is co-investigator of a NASA SERVIR Amazonia Applied Science Team grant led by Dr. Stephanie Spera at the ...
Climate Compass on MSN

10 Facts About The Amazon Rainforest - From Environmental Scientists

Record-Breaking Carbon Emissions Transform the Amazon from Guardian to Threat The Amazon rainforest experienced its most devastating fire season in over two decades during 2024. The 2024 fires ...
Reuters

Journalists under threat in Amazon rainforest - report

BRASILIA, June 19 (Reuters) - The murder of British reporter Dom Phillips in the Amazon rainforest two years ago was not an isolated crime in a region where violence against journalists has soared in ...