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 ...

Known as the “hypertropics,” this climate is defined by hot drought conditions—and hasn’t been seen on Earth for tens of ...

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

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions ...

Imazon has developed AI deforestation prediction models that inform policies and help law enforcement protect the Amazon ...

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

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 ...

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

As the global climate warms and the dry season lengthens, signs of a shift towards a hypertropical climate pattern are ...

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

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 ...

The Amazon rainforest has yielded yet another new species, according to a recent study published in Zootaxa. Discovered in ...