More than two decades of experimental drought failed to collapse an Amazon forest plot. It stabilised instead with less biomass, fewer large trees and less carbon stored in wood.
A 27-year capture and recapture record covering 29 species across 20 undisturbed Amazon sites found significant declines in apparent annual survival for 20 of them. The canopy looks unchanged, yet it offers less room to complete a life cycle.
On the Amazon coast of Para, in northern Brazil, forty fish species raise their young among mangrove roots. Much of the South Atlantic catch, and the income of thousands of families, begins in that mud.
Amazon soil holds more carbon than the trees standing on top of it. A reservoir built over millennia that deforestation releases twice over.
A global UBC review reveals that wildfires can keep Canada’s drinking water contaminated for months or years, long after the flames have died down.
A New Phytologist study finds the Cerrado’s overlooked peatlands hold six times more carbon per hectare than the Amazon, a climate vault that global carbon accounting missed entirely.
On the International Day of Forests, professor Leandro Juen (UFPA) explains why the loss of the Amazon rainforest threatens the water, climate, and food of every Brazilian.
The European Union is studying whether to let international carbon credits fund clean cookstoves for millions of families in developing countries, framing a market tool as a way to protect forests and human health.
Instituto Ar has launched the Air Quality Communication guide to translate complex pollution data into clear messages, linking human health to the future of the Amazon.
After nearly two decades holding back the chainsaws, Brazil’s Soy Moratorium has ended. More than 32 million acres of native Amazon vegetation are now exposed, and European buyers are threatening to shut the door on Amazon soy.
