The Amazon holds about 20% of all the carbon stored ... Related tickers: MapBiomas agriculture data aims to map Brazil’s agricultural use and coverage from 1985 to 2022 using Landsat images ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pledged to pave a controversial road in the Amazon, despite warnings from environmentalists that it could lead to "historic deforestation." ...

Below-average rainfall - even through the rainy season - has plagued the Amazon and much of South America since last year, also feeding the worst wildfires in more than a decade in Brazil and Bolivia.

One of the Amazon River's main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil's geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon ...

MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - Francisco Mateus da Silva, 67, spent an hour walking across sandbanks and dry riverbeds where he lives in the Amazon to fetch food and water amid the worst drought on ...

Amazon plans to expand advertising on Prime Video to Brazil, India, Japan, the Netherlands and New Zealand in 2025.

SANTAREM, Brazil: Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday (Oct 1), after ...

In August 2024, the Amazon rain forest recorded over 38,000 fires—the highest number for that month since 2010. Fires of Brazil and the Amazon Basin in 2024 have reached epic proportions.

his hometown in Brazil’s Amazon, where the killings occurred. A Colombian businessman, Rubens Villar Coelho, stands accused of masterminding the slayings and is also in custody. As the owner of ...

Watch in our player above. Brazil’s Amazon saw 38,000 blazes last month, the most for any August since 2010, according to data from the country’s space institute. September is on track to ...

The Negro river's low level reflects has been caused by a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of Brazil. The level of the river at the port of Manaus was at 12 ...

Rio de Janeiro's colourful and energetic Carnival has returned for 2024, with floats and performances celebrating the Amazon rainforest and the indigenous communities of Brazil. Six of Rio's top ...