A study has revealed that humanity's footprint in the Amazon rainforest is reshaping the forest in ways scientists didn't expect — altering its deep evolutionary history and disrupting how the ...

Up to 36% of the Amazon rainforest may resist severe drought far better than scientists previously assumed, according to a ...

A major international study involving researchers from The University of Manchester has found that rising global demand for ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...

The Amazon rainforest could approach a tipping point, which could lead to a large-scale collapse with serious implications for the global climate system. A new Nature study by an international ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST – 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 ...

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 ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. It's an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the ...

MADRE DE DIOS, Peru — Sunlight dapples the once-denuded forest floor as saplings spread their branches and leaves overhead, slowly forming a lush canopy. Each sapling is distinct, a reflection of the ...

These discoveries reinforce a growing understanding that the Amazon was far from a ‘human desert’ before colonisation ...

You might go for a walk in the forest to disconnect from work and calm your nerves after a busy week. The chirping and calls ...