By Rhett A. Butler As 2025 dawns, here is a look at some of the storylines that could shape the fate of tropical forests this ...

Dry conditions were fueled by deforestation and the El Niño weather pattern, and made worse by climate change.

In Brazil, large swaths of the rainforest were draped in smoke in August from fires raging across the Amazon, Cerrado ...

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Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight ...

2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate ...

24, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a ...