The Amazon and Congo rainforests are two of the most important ecological treasures on Earth, yet they are vastly different ...

The decline of fisheries on the Madeira river, Brazil: The high cost of the hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 25 (5), 380-391. doi: 10.1111/fme.12305 ...

The Amazon rainforest is facing a threat unlike any other, and this 37-second clip sums up all the deforestation that has happened.

But the river, a tributary of the Amazon and one of the largest in the basin, has receded dramatically, leaving villages like Akrotidjam, Kubenkrãkej and Tepdjàti feeling the strain.

Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin. The crackdown, coordinated ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River then ...

The Amazon Basin has long been regarded as the lungs of the Earth. And if that’s true, then sadly, the planet has a bit of a smoking problem.

“The Amazon Basin is facing one of the most severe droughts in recent years in 2024, with significant impacts on several member countries,” stated a technical note issued Wednesday by the ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen launched on Saturday a new effort with Amazon basin governments to disrupt illicit finance that fuels nature crimes, including illegal harvesting of trees and ...

TEFE, Brazil, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up riverbeds that were previously ...

A UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the seizure of more than $64 million in illicit assets BOGOTA, Colombia -- ...