The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...

MANESAR, India — Between April and June, a deadly heat wave struck large swaths of northern India. Birds dropped dead from the sky. Demand for electricity skyrocketed. Forest fires raged in the ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, an unusual experiment is deliberately pumping out greenhouse gas to measure how flora and ...

FILE - Forest lines the Combu creek, on Combu Island on the banks of the Guama River, near the city of Belem, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 6, 2023. The two-day Amazon Summit opens Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, ...

BELEM, Brazil — For the first time in 14 years, presidents of the South American nations home to the Amazon rainforest are converging to chart a common course for protection of the bioregion and ...

An Amazon summit, featuring leaders from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, and Ecuador, will meet for the first time in 14 years. The summit will address how the nations ...

First came the floods, then the fire. As he officially opened COP30, Brazil’s president, Lula Inacio da Silva said that by ...

FILE - The Trans-Amazon Highway crosses a deforested area near Humaita Amazonas state, Brazil, July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s environmental goals suffered ...