You can help monitor Amazon deforestation from your couch
While many people around the world worry about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, to most of us, it’s still...
Indigenous Amazon communities use tech to protect the forest
Indigenous communities in Brazil leverage technology to protect the Amazon and its resources. For a long time,...
Lapsed fishing moratorium endangers Amazon river dolphins
They’re smart, rare, sociable and an incredibly coveted sighting for eco-tourists and wildlife lovers. But Amazon...
Humans can't count on rainforests to offset their carbon
Instead of absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, tropical rainforests could become a source of carbon in the atmosphere...
Hundreds of Amazon employees risk jobs to protest company's climate policies
Hundreds of Amazon employees have joined in solidarity, forming the advocacy group Amazon Employees for Climate...
Brazil turns down international aid for Amazon wildfires
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is busy tweeting and arguing with French president Emmanuel Macron while enormous...
Wildfires are decimating the Amazon rainforest at unprecedented rates
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has clashed with environmentalists since taking office in January. But criticisms...
Deforestation and climate change combined may split Amazon in two
Deforestation is a well-documented enemy in the Amazon, but new research suggests that the climate crisis, when...
Over 6,000 employees demand Amazon take climate change seriously
This month, more than 6,000 employees signed onto a letter demanding Amazon distance itself from big oil companies...
Amazon plans to reach net-zero carbon use by 2030
Amazon is continuing its dedication to sustainability by aiming for net-zero carbon use by the year 2030. The...
Amazon's Christmas trees are hurting the environment
Earlier this year, Amazon announced it would be selling and shipping fresh, full-size Christmas trees this holiday...
Flood frequency of the Amazon River has increased fivefold
New data suggest that flooding in the Amazon River has dramatically increased by as much as five times in both...
The Colombian Amazon is now officially a person thanks to a group of youth activists
With a recent ruling, the Colombian Supreme Court has made Colombia the first country in South America to recognize...
Newly discovered Amazon structures change what we know about ancient civilization
Researchers at the University of Exeter have discovered 81 earthworks known as geoglpyhs across 1,200 miles of...
Peru protects one of world's last great untouched forests
Working alongside local and international conservation groups, the Peruvian government just established Yaguas...