This expansive forest stretches across several South American countries, breathing life into the very atmosphere we depend on ...

The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," due to its vast capacity to ...

With Donald Trump back in the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for the ...

Campaigns that educate people about the destruction caused by rain forest timber and encourage purchasing of sustainable rain forest products could drive demand down enough to slow deforestation ...

A group of Rutgers scientists, led by ecologist Julie Lockwood, met an international challenge and has been recognized for ...

Tens of millions of years ago, the climate in the South Atlantic was much warmer and wetter than today, and capable of supporting a rainforest environment. This would have been cooler than ...

when right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took office and began weakening environmental enforcement. But the Amazon also represents the best hope for preserving what rainforest remains. The Amazon ...

However, environmental shifts, including drought and warming ... found in the Pastaza-Marañón Foreland Basin—a vital peatland ...

Advocates worry Trump's return may reduce US aid for Amazon rainforest protection, impacting Indigenous communities and ...

Environmental groups say that’s unlikely ... Trump’s second administration will bring nothing good for the Amazon rainforest. Besides Trump’s Day 1 move to withdraw from the Paris climate ...

Environmental groups say that's unlikely ... Trump's second administration will bring nothing good for the Amazon rainforest. Besides Trump's Day 1 move to withdraw from the Paris climate ...