The Amazon rainforest might be closer to a tipping point than scientists thought. Some fear that droughts and fire could nudge it into irreversible decline.

Now, researchers warn another “Super” El Niño could doom the Amazon rainforest. “The southern Amazon is close to a tipping ...

Delay to rainy season in forest already damaged by human-driven heating could trigger powerful ‘Godzilla’ El Niño ...

The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest was the smallest since MapBiomas records began in 1985. The loss of tropical rainforests eased last year, according to new analysis, but ...

Three 2026 studies reveal that the Amazon can regrow quickly, but deforestation and warming could trigger a system-wide ...

A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, which ...

Frequent forest fires and agricultural expansion are degrading soil health in the southern Brazilian Amazon. This results in lasting damage to carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks, as well as to the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A two-decade study conducted in the southeastern Brazilian Amazon found that while degraded forests show high ecological resilience and no sign of ...