Wildfires and extreme drought Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate ...

In Manaus, a sprawling city of more than 2 million, the depth of the Rio Negro, a major branch of the Amazon River, reached ...

From the Amazon rainforest to African grasslands, climate-driven drought and land degradation are having a dramatic impact on nature and its ability to provide vital services to humans such as ...

Peru’s boiling river reaches 210°F, killing animals instantly. Scientists found biodiversity drops by 11% for every 1.8°F ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme drought nearly dried up the Amazon River.