Cornell Students for Animal Rights and Cornell Vegan Society stood in solidarity outside of Barton Hall during Sunday’s ClubFest, bearing signs of “Burning the Amazon is Genocide” and “Take Action” to ...
As the UN climate conference was taking place with an emphasis on the importance of the Amazon rainforest as the “lungs of the Earth” — storing carbon while providing a habitat for countless species — ...
The Amazon rainforest is on fire, and people are asking Jeff Bezos to do something about it. This year, the Amazon rainforest has had a record high of 74,000 fires, up from 2018's total of 40,000. The ...
The drive to open up more land for farmers in Brazil is helping to contribute to the conditions driving the fires in the Amazon rainforest.
The Amazon rainforest experienced its most devastating fire season in over two decades during 2024. The 2024 fires released substantial amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which roughly ...
Hotter and drier conditions driven by climate change are leading to an increasing number of wildfires in North America and around the world. These fires are growing larger and burning longer, ...
Brazil’s official data show deforestation in the Amazon fell 11% in the 12 months to July 2025, with independent monitoring by Imazon confirming a similar trend—evidence that policies under President ...
A new and alarming pattern of destruction is emerging in the rainforest, challenging Brazilian authorities ahead of COP30. After plunging in 2023 and 2024, deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% in ...
Throughout my life, the Amazon had distinct dry and rainy seasons. But recently, the weather has gone completely crazy. It ...
A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...
The launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil underscores how the Amazon Forest can be part of the climate solution. There’s another Amazon, ...
Belém, Brazil – Gland, Switzerland (11 SEPTEMBER 2025) — New research published today in Communications Earth and Environment, a Nature Group journal, finds that municipalities in the Amazon region ...