The “Tipping Point” 3:38 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's role 5:01 Recognition of Indigenous Reserves 5:49 Zero-Deforestation ...

The Amazon Rainforest is facing accelerating threats from deforestation, illegal mining, and climate change jeopardizing one ...

Why the Amazon could be at risk of "collapsing" 04:16 French President Emmanuel Macron wants the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest to be on the agenda at this weekend's G-7 summit.

The Amazon has lost between 15% and 17% of its trees, and at current deforestation rates, the rainforest could cross Nobre’s threshold in 15 to 30 years. “We are almost seeing the tipping ...

The Amazon rainforest, in the Amazonas state in Brazil, is losing resilience, according to a study in the journal Nature Climate Change. (Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg News) ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical rainforest and covers much of northwestern Brazil, functioning as Earth’s "air conditioner," as it helps regulate the planet’s global ...

In 2024, the Amazon rainforest faced severe wildfires and drought, highlighting climate challenges and leading to increased focus on conservation and Indigenous rights.

Topline. South America's dense Amazon rainforest has long served as one of the planet's primary carbon-absorbing regions, but a new study has found human interference is causing a large part of ...

The Amazon rainforest is "teetering on the edge" of an irreversible threshold that would turn it into a savanna, a group of top scientists warn.; That's because humans have been cutting and ...

Dave Boyer heads to Brazil to explore the largest tropical rainforest on Earth. It’s a place of breathtaking beauty and constant sensory stimulation. But here, just one step can lead to calamity. When ...

The Amazon Rainforest is approaching a "tipping point" beyond which it would become barren Droughts and logging have wreaked havoc on the rainforest often called the "world's lungs," scientists say.

Key Background. Efforts to restore the Amazon rainforest, which covers an estimated 6.7 million square kilometers of South America, have accelerated in recent years. The region plays a critical ...