The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could ...

Around the world, politicians, backed by powerful corporations, are presenting the public with false choices between ...

The Amazon is facing a hotter, drier future, with rising drought stress threatening forests that help regulate Earth’s ...

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 ...

The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...

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 ...

The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is often referred to as the ‘lungs of the Earth.’ If you think of the planet as a living being, it is not difficult to imagine its fate if the lungs are impaired or ...

The world's largest rain forest houses an abundance of wildlife. March 11, 2009 — -- It's home to the world's most vast variety of living creatures with the most birds, freshwater fish and ...

Three years ago, Amazon.com's horticulturalist was giving Jeff Bezos a preview of what the company's three plant-filled spheres — the centerpiece of its $4 billion downtown Seattle office project — ...