SANTAREM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a landmark deal signed two decades ago aimed at ...

The Amazon was chosen as the home for this seed bank because it is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth and has the right climate for unique seedlings. "It can provide everything we need. It ...

Two new scientific review articles by international teams of researchers paint a bleak picture of the state of the Amazon rainforest: The critical ecosystem is being damaged at an unprecedented ...

The shore of a sea of nearly 400 billion trees winds through the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. Here, the Amazon rainforest rubs up against the Cerrado, the world’s largest savanna.

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines ...

Saving the remaining Amazon rainforest in Brazil will require ensuring that the 28 million people ... the life-giving nutrients of the forest are mostly stored in the trees and other plants, ...

The plants get their common name from their curious shape - the upper part of the plant, ... The tree can be found in many parts of Brazil, including the Amazon rainforest, ...

But scientists don't yet know its full effects on other forest animals in the Amazon, where more than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at a high risk of extinction due to destruction of ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines ...