Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil's Amazon region has faced devastating flooding and drought. Dramatic photos show life in towns weathering the extremes of ...

BRASILIA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - 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 ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — One of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil’s geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated ...

The Amazon region of northern Brazil continues to suffer under the worst drought in 120 years, resulting in the lowest water level at the Port of Manaus in 122 years. A state of emergency has been ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse “the ...

RSF highlights how women covering deforestation, illegal mining and land conflicts do not just face threats in retaliation for their investigations, but are also subjected to gender-based harassment.

In 2023 the city of Manaus, in central Amazonia, found itself covered in dense smoke from burning rainforest, with levels of toxic PM 2.5 particulates even higher than those experienced that year ...