The Amazon region has lost 10% of its native vegetation, mostly tropical rainforest, in almost four decades, an area roughly the size of Texas, a new report released Dec. 2, 2022, says.

The Amazon Rainforest is widely known for its vital role in mitigating climate change, acting as a carbon sink that absorbs and stores a substantial portion of the CO2 emissions from burning ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its ...

It shows that during the years of vegetation loss, the rainforest shifted from a carbon sink, that is, a storer of carbon dioxide, to a carbon emitter, before eventually stabilising.

The researchers found, in particular, a dramatic decline in rainforest vegetation in the northern part of the Amazon region. Close Connection Between Atlantic Circulation and the Amazon Ecosystem ...

A lost colonial city in the Amazon rainforest has been discovered that's been hidden by vegetation. (Image: Getty) Archaeologists have discovered a lost colonial city in the Amazon rainforest.

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 ...

[1/3]Vegetation burns in Brazil's Amazon rainforest near Manicore, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 3, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights ...

They've been found in food, drinking water, soil, and even in the human body. But now scientists have detected toxic group of chemicals known as PFAS in the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest ...

The study, of 321 plots in parts of the Amazon untouched by human activities, estimated the net amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by the forest had fallen by 30 per cent, to 1.4 billion tonnes a ...