Nearly 40% of the areas of the Amazon rainforest most critical to curbing climate change have not been granted special government protection, as either nature or indigenous reserves, according to ...

05-30-2025 IMPACT If the Amazon rainforest dried out, here’s what would happen A decades-long project set out to simulate a future in which the changing climate could deplete the Amazon of rainfall.

The Climate 100 List: Nemonte Nenquimo, the warrior protecting huge swathes of Amazon rainforest from drilling After co-founding the Ceibo Alliance and Amazon Frontline, Nemonte and her partner ...

The rainforest stores a vast amount of carbon dioxide, a key greenhouse gas driving climate change. According to one study, the Amazon holds the equivalent of two years of global carbon emissions.