Severe storms threaten the Deep South today in a swath from Oklahoma to Virginia. The main concern for cities like Memphis, Atlanta and Birmingham is damaging winds, but large hail and isolated ...

While the Paris Agreement set a goal to limit human-induced warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the ...

The Amazon’s dry season, made drier by climate change, cuts off river access to hospitals for many rural people – but women with traditional skills are closer to hand ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen ...

Scientists reveal what would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out - When trees die from drought, they release carbon, ...

See All Key Ideas MADEIRA RIVER, Brazil — While the Amazon Rainforest’s historical drought ... the Madeira Basin has faced three years of severe floods and four extreme droughts.

River in the Amazon Rainforest. Jlwad, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons ... the seasonally flooded forests known as “várzea.” During annual flood seasons, when water levels can rise over 30 feet (9 ...

Potassium Mining Project in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Divides Indigenous Tribe ... It is planned near the mouth of the Madeira River, which flows into the Amazon River. The build-out will ...

LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon ... in a flood-prone area vulnerable to seasonal rising and falling river ...

Moving eastward, the Amazon nourished a burgeoning rainforest ecosystem that now teems ... However, seasonal flooding can muddle the distinction between the river and its tributaries, sometimes ...

24 Feb 2025 – Heavy rains have triggered landslides and severe flooding across multiple regions in the Amazon rainforest. Along the Ene River, Indigenous Asháninka communities – many of whom are Cool ...