Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

The amount of rainfall in the southern Amazon basin has declined by 8 to 11 per cent since 1980, largely due to the impact of ...

Major soy traders like Cargill, ADM and Bunge announced their withdrawal from the Amazon soy moratorium, a move that could increase deforestation in the biome by 30% by 2045. Behind the exodus are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drone footage captured north of Quito on January 10 shows green areas devoid of trees as ongoing deforestation devastates the ...

The study, published in Communications Earth & Environment, found that deforestation and unplanned land use act as a "silent amplifier" of heat, worsening heatwaves beyond greenhouse-gas effects, the ...

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In 2006, Paul Ferraro and Subhrendu Pattanayak issued an urgent warning: conservation lacked the causal evidence needed to ...

By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for ...

An analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation found that recent government-approved projects could put endangered ...