540 fire hotspots erupted in Amazonas in 48 hours. A new study reveals the damage to the Amazon's carbon cycle runs far ...

Extreme heat, drought and ozone from fire emissions are devastating the Amazon and other rainforests, new research shows.

Wildfires in the Amazon have consequences that go far beyond the destruction of vegetation, scientists say. A new study has ...

The Amazon rainforest climate regulates the health of our entire planet. Stretching across six million square kilometres, ...

The biotic pump theory was developed by scientists Anastassia Makarieva and the late Victor Gorshkov, who were Russian theoretical physicists working for the Theoretical Physics Division of the ...

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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 ...

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 Amazon rainforest by the end of the 21st century. The Amazon is the ...

The conservation of the Amazon has been largely absent from this year’s campaign. Still, the two men represent starkly ...

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