Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron ...

I went on the river for money, I sold my rotten shack / For a rusty tanker leaking oil, and the burning sun was on my back / ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural resources, both in terms of the resources it contains and its ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing ...

New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's still to come.

Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its Biomass satellite mission—marking a ...

and the state’s role in rainforest destruction. The delegation also helped launch a new report by Amazon Watch, an ...

“The Amazon’s hydrological cycle is becoming more extreme,” co-author Roel Brienen of the University of Leeds said in a statement. “Increased wet season rainfall can lead to more frequent and severe ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...