Scientists warn surge in fires signals growing ecological fragility as blazes overtake deforestation as main emissions driver ...

The world is falling far behind a global goal to reverse deforestation by 2030, with losses being largely driven by ...

By Shanna Hanbury In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than two decades.

The Amazon rainforest experienced its worst fire season in over two decades in 2024, with devastating consequences for both ...

A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just ...

The Amazon rainforest is enduring its most severe fire season in over two decades, releasing an estimated 791 million tons of ...

In the Amazon, traditional communities and small producers use fire culturally. However, the main offenders in razing trees ...

South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis. In the Amazon, fire outbreaks grew out of control even amid a sharp ...

Fires sweeping through the Amazonian rainforest are shocking to see, but they're not the only cause of climate-change-enabling deforestation. A brush fire in the Atlantic Forest in 2017. Photo: Getty ...

Cornell Students for Animal Rights and Cornell Vegan Society stood in solidarity outside of Barton Hall during Sunday’s ClubFest, bearing signs of “Burning the Amazon is Genocide” and “Take Action” to ...