By Bjørn Rask ThomsenDaniel Nepstad The production of food continues to eat its way into the world’s tropical forests.

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is responsible for approximately 74.5% of the reduction in rainfall and 16.5% of the temperature increase in the biome during the dry season. For the first time, ...

The Amazon rainforest plays a vital role in regulating our climate. The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified ...

Forests like the Amazon play vital roles in balancing the environment, from storing carbon to releasing oxygen. Silvestre Garcia-IntuitivoFilms/Stone/Getty Images ...

COP30 is expected to hold talks on “ending deforestation” after developers carved a four-lane highway through protected tracts of the Amazon rainforest to facilitate attendees. The massive United ...

Indiana maple syrup producers are adapting to changes in tapping season due to climate change but some worry the industry will die in the future.

Brazil’s latest satellite alerts indicate that deforestation in the Amazon has continued to fall into early 2026, extending a downward trend that began after a sharp rise earlier in the decade. Data ...

Indigenous territories are a crucial bulwark against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. A new peer-reviewed study shows they also safeguard the health of millions living there. The study, ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is making the region hotter and drier, with less rainfall as the forest loses its ability to ...