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Lasers revealed a large settlement—rivaling even Mayan societies in complexity—that had been hidden for centuries.

Lasers revealed a large settlement—rivaling even Mayan societies in complexity—that had been hidden for centuries.

Climate change was the chief driver of the devastating drought that gripped the Amazon last year, say researchers, as warming threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems for stabilising the global climate.The researchers warned that while the drought was currently a once-in-50-year event, with global warming of 2C the Amazon would suffer these conditions about every 13 years.

The world's largest rainforest protects us from climate change but deforestation has left it vulnerable.

Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of last year's severe drought in the Amazon that sent rivers to record lows, required deliveries of food and drinking water to hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins, researchers said Wednesday. Both climate change and El Niño contributed about equally to a reduction in rainfall.

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of ancient cities in the Amazon believed to be over two thousand years old. Located in a region called the Upano Valley in eastern Ecuador, these settlements are part of an intertwining network of roads, canals, and elevated earthen platforms that span over 115 square miles. The findings, published as […]

Brazil is moving ahead with the creation of an international security center in Manaus that will bring together Amazon nations in policing the rainforest, sharing intelligence and chasing criminals, a senior Brazilian police officer said. A building has been rented and equipment is being purchased for the center that will have police representatives from the other seven countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO). The center will fight drug trafficking and the smuggling of tim

Brazil is moving ahead with the creation of an international security center in Manaus that will bring together Amazon nations in policing the rainforest, sharing intelligence and chasing criminals, a senior Brazilian police officer said. A building has been rented and equipment is being purchased for the center that will have police representatives from the other seven countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO). The center will fight drug trafficking and the smuggling of t...

Julieta Hernández Martínez brought joy as she cycled across Brazil en route to her native Venezuela. Friends remember her inspiring life, not her cruel death

Thanks to "advanced engineering," archaeologists working deep in the Amazon rainforest have discovered an extensive network of cities dating back 2,500 years.