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

Prior to human-generated CO2 from fossil fuels, which traps heat, the Amazon rainforest was a net carbon sink for millennia. Now, it’s joining the global warming/extreme drought onslaught.

And that’s significant: Historically, forests remove more than 30 percent of all the carbon dioxide that we release into the atmosphere; as late as the 1990s, the Amazon rainforest was still removing ...

The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest and is considered key to the fight against climate change because of the vast amounts of carbon dioxide it absorbs. Risks to the forest drew ...

A massive swath of protected rainforest in Brazil has been slashed ... but with its placement through the Amazon – which plays a vital role in the planet’s biodiversity by absorbing carbon – many have ...

Aerial view of an area of Amazon rainforest ... crossings, cycle lanes and solar panel lights, officials said in the November 2024 update. MORE: Forests in Brazil emitting more carbon than they ...

According to The Telegraph, the Amazon rainforest is credited with absorbing enormous amounts of carbon and hosting extraordinary biodiversity. Locals have said the new road is destroying their ...