However, the origin of aerosol particles in pristine air over the Amazon rainforest during the wet season is poorly understood. A new study reveals that rainfall regularly induces bursts of newly ...

With the Amazon rainforest no longer slowing the effects of global warming, but instead contributing to it, we now have an even narrower window in which to act.

according to government data released on Wednesday -- the smallest area destroyed in the world's largest rainforest in nine years. Roughly 6,288 square km (2,428 square miles) of Amazon were ...

In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles), roughly the size of the U.S. state of Delaware. The results, announced in Brazil´s presidential palace ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped by 30.6% over the past year, reaching its lowest level since 2015, with 6,288 square kilometers cleared by July 31, 2024. Despite the drop in ...

Spanning approximately 2.3 million square miles (6 million square kilometers) across eight South American countries, the Amazon Rainforest is the world’s largest tropical forest. This vast ...

Millions of hectares of forest are burning in the Amazon and the homes of indigenous communities and vulnerable rainforest species are being destroyed. Fires in this precious landscape have burned an ...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest Falls to Lowest Since 2015 By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months ...

BRASILIA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to visit the Amazon rainforest and meet Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva before they attend the G20 summit in Rio de ...

1 Amazon Rainforest South America (Brazil) 5,500,000 Largest rainforest globally ... 8 Xishuangbanna Rainforest Yunnan, China 19,000 Southern China’s biodiversity hotspot, endangered animals (clouded ...

Over the last century, the Amazon rainforest -- which covers nearly 40 percent of South America -- has lost about 20 percent of its area to deforestation, due to the spread of agriculture and ...