The Amazon is burning at an alarming rate as tens of thousands of fires lay waste to the world's largest tropical rainforest. There have been more than 74,000 wildfires across Brazil this year, up ...

The Amazon has lost between 15% and 17% of its trees, and at current deforestation rates, the rainforest could cross Nobre’s threshold in 15 to 30 years. “We are almost seeing the tipping ...

There were still 19,925 fire outbreaks in September on the Brazilian part of the rainforest, which accounts for nearly 65% of the Amazon basin.

The accelerated degradation of the Brazilian Amazon, primarily due to fires, has overshadowed the significant reduction in ...

The Amazon rainforest is burning at rates unseen recently, and it’s raising international concern. Brazil’s fires have renewed international concern about the Amazon. Skip to content.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The world's largest rainforest is ablaze. On Tuesday, a new fire started every minute in Brazil. Since August 15, more than 9,500 fires have ...

Pictures from the Amazon rainforest fires 30 photos. And it wasn't just the city's residents who saw the smoke. NASA captured images of forest fire plumes from space last week.

The Amazon rainforest is still burning and we’re all in danger. Smoke billows from fires in the Amazon tropical forest, in Altamira, Para State, Brazil, on Aug. 23.

Dark skies over Sao Paulo this week were just a local hint of an unfolding global catastrophe centered in Brazil. This year, the Amazon rainforest is burning at unprecedented rates, after historic ...

Amazon rainforest burning at record rate, engulfing Bolsonaro in controversy 04:38. Nearly 73,000 wildfires have decimated the Amazon rainforest this year, a record amount for an ecosystem that ...

Amazon Rainforest, Known as 'The Planet's Lungs,' Has Been Burning at a Record Rate for Weeks. If the Amazon reaches "a point of no return," it could begin emitting carbon, ...