Researchers say their findings highlight just how important tropical rainforests are in our ongoing efforts to address man-made climate change.

"We're not seeing signs of them dying off," one of the study's lead authors told NBC News. "They are increasing in size and ...

Did you know the Amazon rainforest is called the “lungs of the Earth”? It covers over 2.5 million square miles. It’s home to ...

Peter Yeung for NPR Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy ...

A study found that the average size of trees in the Amazon was increasing steadily, likely the result of their height ...

Large parts of the Amazon’s iconic rainforest are nearing an irreversible "tipping point" and collapse in less than 30 years due to deforestation and climate change, scientists warn in a new paper ...

When most of us think about clearing away the Amazon rainforest, we have visions of chainsaws and scorched earth. In recent years, vast swathes of the rainforest have been razed for cattle pastures, ...

The Amazon may be approaching the point of near total collapse, a new study has concluded. The research, published in the journal Nature, found that climate change, combined with water stress and ...

Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...

This year’s annual UN climate conference COP30 with 50,000 expected attendees held in Belém, Brazil is one-upping the past two COPs (UN Conference of the Parties) that were held by, and dictated by, ...