By Rhett Ayers Butler [( For decades the world’s largest rainforest has been getting drier. A new study published in Nature ...

The Amazon rainforest is often called the lungs of the planet because its trees help to regulate the global climate by ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is doing far more than clearing trees: it’s directly shrinking the region’s rain supply ...

The Amazon is the world's largest tropical forest, home to unmatched biodiversity and one of the planet's longest rivers.

For the first time, research led by scientists at the University of São Paulo quantifies the impact of forest loss and global ...

A Brazilian research group says precipitation during the Amazon's dry season has been decreasing due to the influence of ...

Extreme river flood levels reach several meters depth, as indicated by the darker shade on the bark of this tree from seasonally flooded forests in the Amazon region. (Bruno B L Cintra, University of ...

Climate change and territorial encroachment drive the remote Matsigenka tribe's fight for clean water in the Amazon, where ...

This year’s U.N. climate conference, on the edge of the rainforest, is fueling criticism of the host nation and the entire ...

Researchers explain how trees in the rainforest efficiently recycle water through rain to keep themselves hydrated in the dry ...