The Fires That Could Reshape the Amazon - The New York Times
WEB2 days ago · Sept. 17, 2024, 3:05 p.m. ET. Large parts of Brazil, a country that holds over a tenth of the world’s fresh water, are on fire. They include vast areas of the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal ...
"We are killing this ecosystem": the scientists tracking the Amazon…
WEBAug 24, 2023 · The article reports on the latest scientific findings and forecasts about the Amazon rainforest, which is facing deforestation, climate change and other human pressures. It follows the...
Nearly 40% of Amazon rainforest most vital to climate left …
WEBSAO PAULO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday indicate huge swathes of the jungle that are ...
A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We …
WEBFeb 14, 2024 · Up to half of the Amazon rainforest could transform into grasslands or weakened ecosystems in the coming decades, a new study found, as climate change, deforestation and severe droughts like...
The Amazon has survived changes in the climate for 65 million …
WEBFeb 14, 2024 · The Amazon rainforest is on course to reach a crucial tipping point as soon as 2050, with devastating consequences for the region and the world’s ability to tackle climate change, according to a...
Rains Are Scarce in the Amazon. Instead, Megafires Are Raging.
WEBMar 9, 2024 · Hundreds of square miles of the rainforest have burned as countries in the region battle a record number of fires fueled by extreme weather.
The Amazon’s crucial water cycle faces collapse, scientists say
WEBFeb 14, 2024 · Wildfires, deforestation and global warming could permanently destroy the water cycle that sustains parts of the Amazon rainforest if action is not taken in the coming decades, according to a...
Amazon rainforest - BBC News
WEBJan 11, 2024 · Amazon's record drought driven by climate change. The world's largest rainforest protects us from climate change but deforestation has left it vulnerable. Science & Environment. 11 Jan 2024.
Brazil: Amazon sees worst deforestation levels in 15 years - BBC
WEBNov 19, 2021 · Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years, official data shows. A report by Brazil's space research agency (Inpe) found that deforestation increased...
Megafires are spreading in the Amazon - Conservation news
WEBFeb 22, 2024 · The Amazon Rainforest is increasingly vulnerable to megafires, which are large and intense fires that burn more than 100 square kilometers of forest. Learn how human activities, climate change and El Niño contribute to these fires, and what scientists and conservationists are doing to stop them.