Trees in the Peruvian Amazon are silently preserving the history of human activity, including the destructive impacts of gold ...
Gold mining is literally sucking the Amazon rainforest dry, creating an environment where trees cannot grow, according to a new study. Researchers found that suction mining not only degrades the soil, ...
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest reduction since 2016, when ...
Rising carbon dioxide levels have boosted the growth of trees in the Amazon rainforest over the past few decades, but it is unclear if this trend will continue ...