According to two recently published studies led by scientists from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the ...

By Suzana Camargo In 2024, the Brazilian Amazon faced one of the worst fire seasons in its history: 15.6 million hectares (38 ...

In the Amazon rainforest, wildfires are wreaking havoc as the dry season begins in the region. The number of fires blazing has reached a record high in 2019, with 72,843 fires detected so far by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thick clouds of smoke drift over the city due to the particularly severe forest fires in the Amazon region. Aguilar Abecassis/dpa ...

The Amazon has suffered its most destructive fire season in more than two decades, releasing a staggering 791 million tons of carbon dioxide—on par with Germany’s annual emissions. Scientists found ...

An international team of scientists has used artificial intelligence and 35 years of satellite data to uncover the shocking ...

South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis. In the Amazon, fire outbreaks grew out of control even amid a sharp ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official ...

After four decades of research, a scientist returns to the Amazon in an effort to change the behavior that has led to years of environmental crisis. After four decades of research, a scientist returns ...