Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large areas of forest can trigger severe and lasting reductions in rainfall ...

Prologue Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth.

Deforestation harms the planet and humans in many ways. Trees play a major role in the global effort to slow the pace of climate change, preserve wildlife, and support more than eight billion people.

Deforestation coupled with climate change is rapidly pushing the Amazon Rainforest toward a perilous tipping point that could ...

Lower tipping point: Researchers found climate change reduces the deforestation threshold for rainfall loss from 50% to as low as 10% in high-emission scenarios. Agriculture at risk: Even a 4% drop in ...

Carbon offset projects claiming to curb deforestation are significantly overestimating their impact, according to a new study published in Science on Thursday. Sold as a way to lessen the impact of ...

COP30 is expected to hold talks on “ending deforestation” after developers carved a four-lane highway through protected tracts of the Amazon rainforest to facilitate attendees. The massive United ...

Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, suggests a new study. The research suggests that tropical forests play a critical role in cooling the land ...

In 2025 tropical deforestation fell by more than a third after reaching record levels the previous year. Experts welcomed the ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply ...

Tipping point shifts: Warming and drying in the Amazon mean rainfall declines start at lower deforestation levels than before. Agriculture at risk: Rainfall drops of just 4% could cut soybean yields ...