Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas whose concentration in the atmosphere has risen sharply in recent decades. Wetlands ...

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Satellite data show a 37% deforestation decrease in the world's largest rainforest last year, the lowest level of Amazon destruction since 2014.

Colombia ’s outgoing environment minister warned Friday that the incoming government could reverse recent climate and ...

Forests are far more than green landscapes. Scientists now have stronger evidence showing that trees release huge amounts of ...

Amazonian deforestation is altering atmospheric moisture transport; as a result, even low levels of global warming could trigger dieback of most of the remaining forest. Read the paper: ...

Greenpeace finds 'ghost permits' laundering illegal Amazon gold Brazil enforcement hits snags as miners adapt to crackdown Kayapo chief and Greenpeace warn of harms, criticize government ITAITUBA, ...

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The number of deforested kilometers in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2025 and March 2026 fell by 36 percent compared to the previous year, according to a recent report published by the Brazilian ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury ...

Global demand for critical minerals, used to build drones and electric cars, is surging, setting of a new wave of criminality in the world’s largest rainforest. By Ana Ionova Ana Ionova, a ...