BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.
The level of Amazonian forest loss fell in both Brazil and Colombia ... For a second year, the Amazon River fell to desperate lows, leading some countries to declare a state of emergency and ...
Scientists studying Peru’s Boiling River found 11% fewer tree ... parts of the Amazon could reach a tipping point where forest species are lost and areas transition into more degraded, savanna ...
Seven South American countries have agreed measures to protect the Amazon river basin, amid global concern over massive fires in the world's largest tropical forest. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia ...
French forces manoeuvre around the forest either on foot or by gasoline ... Left to wash away, discarded mercury enters the huge Amazon river network. Accumulating in fish, it then enters the ...
Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to ... For a second year, the Amazon River fell to desperate lows, leading some countries to declare a state of emergency and distribute food and water ...
River pirates and guerrilla rebels. Jaguars in the rain forest, piranha in the water and ... a Brazilian island in the Amazon that juts out into the Atlantic. They followed the coast, timing ...
As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to tap his rubber trees. Drop by ...