Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

A decades-long project set out to simulate a future in which the changing climate could deplete the Amazon of rainfall.

Amazon rainforest deforestation is reshaping the planet’s climate. It affects rainfall, raises global temperatures, and ...

Gold mining in the Amazon is devastating soil and water; combined with heat, water loss, and topsoil depletion, it's stalling ...

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest and river system, and the most biologically diverse place on earth. It covers roughly 40% of South America, spanning Brazil, Bolivia ...