Isoprene is a volatile organic compound (VOC) that is produced naturally by plants. More than 500 megatonnes of isoprene are ...

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Indigenous groups, agroforestry, seed projects, AI monitoring and the Amazon Fund are helping reforest and protect the Amazon Rainforest.

Lesly, Soleiny, Tien and Cristin lived in the Amazon rainforest for over a month after their plane crashed Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

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 when ...

The impending loss of the Amazon rainforest due to deforestation has concerned scientists, activists, and citizens all over the globe. Natural habitats sustaining the region's incomparable ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Amazon rainforest stores the equivalent of almost two years of global carbon emissions, but its role as a carbon sink is under threat, according to a study released Monday.

Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia's president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon.

(Bloomberg) -- When the United Nations climate conference COP29 kicks off Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, attendees will be grappling with the reelection of former US President Donald Trump. Countries ...

Rainforests cover less than 10 per cent of Earth’s surface but support more than half of all known species. Here’s why World ...