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Published Amazon dolphins at risk from fishing, dams and dredging



Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and dredging, research sho ...
Published New study examines historical drought and flooding on the Amazon River



Despite the rapid increase in severe flooding, a new article indicates recent floods and droughts in...
Published Improved estimates of Brazilian Amazon gains and losses - Improved Estimates of Brazilian Amazon Gains and Losses


A new study generated improved annual maps of tropical forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000- ...
Published Climate change likely to uproot more Amazon trees - Climate Change Likely to Uproot More Amazon Trees


Tropical forests are crucial for sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they're also sub...
Published African smoke over the Amazon - African Smoke Over the Amazon: A Threat to the Rainforest



Up to two-thirds of the soot above the central Amazon rainforest originates in Africa. Researchers d ...
Published How the Amazon rainforest is likely to cope with the effect of future drought - How the Amazon Rainforest is Adapting to Future Droughts



A major collaboration involving 80 scientists from Europe and South America has identified the regio...
Published Amazon mammals threatened by climate change - Amazon Mammals Threatened by Climate Change


Most land-based mammals in the Brazilian Amazon are threatened by climate change and the savannizati ...
Published 40 percent of Amazon could now exist as rainforest or savanna-like ecosystems - 40 Percent of Amazon Could Now Exist as Rainforest or Savanna-like Ecosystems


Researchers focused on the stability of tropical rainforests in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Ocean...
Published NASA study shows 13-year record of drying Amazon caused vegetation declines - NASA Study Shows 13-Year Record of Drying Amazon Caused Vegetation Declines



A 13-year decline in vegetation in the eastern and southeastern Amazon has been linked to a decade-l ...
Published Companies' 'deforestation-free' supply chain pledges have barely impacted forest clearance in the Amazon, researchers say - Companies' 'Deforestation-Free' Supply Chain Pledges Have Barely Impacted Forest Clearance in the Amazon, Researchers Say


More companies must make and implement zero-deforestation supply chain commitments in order to signi...
Published Amazonia racing toward tipping point, fueled by unregulated fires - Amazonia Racing Toward Tipping Point, Fueled by Unregulated Fires



Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than any time in the last 100,000 year...
Published Climate change threatens hydropower energy security in the Amazon basin - Climate Change Threatens Hydropower Energy Security in the Amazon Basin


Hydropower is the dominant source of energy in the Amazon region, the world's largest river basin an ...
Published Decade-long Amazon rainforest burn yields new insight into wildfires - Decade-long Amazon Rainforest Burn Yields New Insight into Wildfires


The longest and largest controlled burn experiment ever conducted in the Amazon rainforest has yield ...
Published Dynamic rivers contributed to Amazon's rich bird diversity - Dynamic Rivers Contributed to Amazon's Rich Bird Diversity


One of the most contentious questions in evolutionary biology is, how did the Amazon become so rich ...
Published Study on mysterious Amazon porcupine can help its protection



A recent study sheds new light on the elusive Roosmalens' dwarf porcupine, a poorly understood neotr...
Published Amazon deforestation linked to long distance climate warming



Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, suggests a ...
Published Giant new snake species identified in the Amazon



A team of scientists on location with a film crew in the remote Amazon has uncovered a previously un ...
Published When in drought: Researchers map which parts of the Amazon are most vulnerable to climate change



Some areas of the Amazon rainforest are more resilient to drought than others, new research shows. B ...
Published Is the Amazon forest approaching a tipping point?



Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss...
Published Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon's perfume-loving orchid bees



A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the ...