Stretching more than 2 million square miles across parts of nine South American countries, the Amazon region provides these nations and the world with an array of benefits. It is home to around 47 ...

The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to store large amounts of carbon and its influence on the global water cycle.

Last year’s record drought in the Amazon and less-than-usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for export and cutting off ...

Brazil's Amazon region has experienced both flooding and drought in recent years. Rising temperatures across the globe contribute to increasingly intense natural disasters. Photos show the extreme ...

The Amazon region is home to 10% of the world's known species, and there is still much to discover. Many Amazonian species are threatened by habitat loss, environmental crimes such as poaching and ...

Government agencies in Peru have voted against establishing a new reserve meant to protect Indigenous people living in part of the country’s Amazon basin from outside incursions. Indigenous groups in ...

The Amazon is facing an unprecedented drought that is projected to continue affecting the region at least until mid-2024. The lowest water levels in 121 years of river-level records have been recorded ...

Mercury contamination, coming from illegal mining in the Amazon region, affects ecosystems and their biodiversity, and the health of local communities. Regional collaboration is essential to address ...

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Armed illegal gold miners on July 15 threatened government rangers near the site where British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were killed in June. Days after the ...

The Earth’s climate system is highly complex and its components, which include the ocean, atmosphere, and vegetation, are closely interlinked. Changes in individual parameters can have far-reaching ...