Even passing 1.5C of global warming temporarily would trigger a “significant” risk of Amazon forest “dieback”, says a new study.

As seen in the graph below ... Destroying the Amazon will change the climate worldwide About 60 percent of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil. And it's teetering on the edge of a tipping ...

The Amazon rainforest is on course to reach a crucial tipping point as soon as 2050, with devastating consequences for the region and the world’s ability to tackle climate change, according to a ...

The study shows that future climate change may lead to hotter and drier conditions in the Amazon rainforest that reduces the Amazon carbon sink, in other words, carbon dioxide absorption by plants.

SAO PAULO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Climate change is the main culprit for a record drought in the Amazon rainforest that has drained rivers, killed endangered dolphins and upended life for millions of ...