By Fernanda Wenzel South American countries registered 511,575 fire outbreaks in 2024, the highest number since 2010. Brazil ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging ...

Giovana Serrao was not home when a fire lit in a neighboring agricultural field got out of control and destroyed her acai ...

Dry conditions were fueled by deforestation and the El Niño weather pattern, and made worse by climate change.

About 12 million hectares, or nearly 30 million acres, were destroyed in Brazil ... the culprit behind the extended fire season, Guachalla said. The Amazon rainforest is one of the most important ...

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is advancing ... a catastrophic dry season last year in which fires destroyed large swathes of the rainforest, a carbon store which is seen as key in slowing ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Speaking from the Amazon rainforest, President Joe Biden ... in one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries and fire damage. He also passed over a wildlife refuge for ...

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in ... government is responsible for every inch of forest destroyed. This government today is the worst enemy of the Amazon ...

New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover - raising alarm that a key natural buffer against ...

Wildfires and extreme drought Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon — home to the largest swath of this rainforest — dropped 30.6% compared to the previous year, the lowest level of destruction in ...