The official August data on the number of fires in Brazil's Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase over last year, meaning that blazes surged to a decade high, a scientist ...

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of Wednesday, after the number of ...

The Amazon has faced its worst fire season in more than 20 years, emitting an estimated 791 million tons of carbon dioxide, according to research released Wednesday. The study, published in the ...

Brazil reduced deforestation in the Amazon by 80% from 2004 to 2012 but in fact, the rate of deforestation has risen since then. Who is responsible? Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 18 ...