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 may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer world would exact a heavy toll, a study suggests. The Amazon rainforest ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer world would exact a heavy toll, a study published in Nature Ecology and ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new species of poison dart frog, Ranitomeya aetherea, has been identified in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon. Characterized by sky-blue lines, copper ...

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 ...

a part of the Amazon rain forest. It was 2016, a year after Laudato Si, Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment. When he was up to speak, the bishop didn’t preach though he was in his city ...