The Amazon rainforest news, articles and features

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Lost civilisation in the Amazon may have numbered 3 million people

Laser-scanning surveys reveal that the ancient Aquiry civilisation was bigger than previously thought, building tens of thousands of large geometric earthworks in what was once thought to be pristine wilderness

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Carbon credits are flawed, but they can still help save forests

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Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s

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Stark photos show quest for profit cutting swathes through the Amazon

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Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades

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Amazon is getting drier as deforestation shuts down atmospheric rivers

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Climate change is making trees grow larger in the Amazon rainforest

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An aerial view of illegal deforestation in the Amazon in Mato Grosso state, Brazil

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Cutting down the Amazon will bring extreme rain, wind and heat

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gold mining area in Peru's southeastern Amazon region

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Trees capture toxic fingerprint of gold mining in the Amazon

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Slowdown of critical ocean current may preserve the Amazon rainforest

The weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation could be bolstering rainfall over the Amazon, reducing the risk it will reach a tipping point

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