For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit. Belém, which is set to host ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being cleared and paved over to build a new four-lane highway for, of all things, the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

As reported by the BBC, the state government of Pará cleared out eight miles of Amazon rainforest to build the highway. The BBC’s article has pictures of the clear-cut forest floor where logs have ...

COP30 host Brazil has been criticised for its continued interest in oil production - but with development needs high, it ...

This is due to its vast rainforest; trees remove carbon dioxide ... Ali insists the country can balance climate leadership and fossil fuel exploitation. The new oil wealth will allow Guayana ...

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the ...

The Amazon Rainforest is at risk of exceeding tipping points, leading to a death spiral for up to 47% of the forest within the next several decades because of a combination of climate change ...

Half a century of oil drilling has left the Amazon rainforest scarred -and a new wave of fossil fuel extraction is coming ...

Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south ...

Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, developers are carving a four-lane highway through protected tracts of the ...