"We are concerned." Researchers make alarming discovery after expedition through the Amazon River: 'Exposure at high levels ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

S tretching across 2.6 million square miles and eight countries and filled with more than 3 million species of plants and ...

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes for almost a decade. The northern states of Roraima, Acre, Rondônia and Amazonas have been particularly ...

AMAZON RIVER, Brazil – Those who have visited the Amazon ... With that in mind, scientists from the Amazonas State University and Harvard embarked on a groundbreaking expedition to explore ...

Travel up the Rio Negro, the least inhabited river in the Amazon river basin ... of the gods", is the capital of the state of Amazonas in Brazil. It was founded in 1669 and declared a town ...

Several Brazilian ministries have joined efforts in a desperate attempt to impede the gigantic Amazon ... Solimões River between Tabatinga and Benjamin Constant, in the far west of Amazonas.

This model used data from the “Mercury Observatory” on the distribution and accumulation of the metal in the four basins of the Tapajós River (Pará, Mato Grosso, and Amazonas); the Xingu ...

Embark on a houseboat adventure down the Rio Negro (which becomes the mighty Amazon River), connect with ... experience in 2 different States in Brazil. The first week, students will be traveling ...