In that year, an area the size of Haiti - more than 27,000 sq km - was cleared from the rainforest. The Amazon region holds the largest tropical rainforest in the world and is home to plant and ...

They found a very clear division between the eastern and western parts of the rainforest. "In the eastern part of the Amazon, which is around 30% deforested, this region emitted 10 times more ...

Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon rainforest that dates back ... are significant to the ...

Brazil’s INPE space research agency data showed deforestation soaring 29.5% to 9,762 square kilometers for the 12 months through July 2019 Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to ...

Nov. 17 (UPI) --U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on future generations to safeguard and protect the wildlife and the delicate ecological balance in the Amazon rainforest while visiting ...