A major international study involving researchers from The University of Manchester has found that rising global demand for ...

The construction often requires archaeological surveys before the paving starts, and some of the latest discoveries have ...

A controversial geoengineering approach may help the Amazon rainforest store more carbon, but the benefits come with risks.

Davidson College alum Paul Stouffer ’21 has been named a 2026-2027 Luce Scholar. The Henry Luce Foundation’s highly ...

Geoengineering could protect the Amazon rainforest from climate change, new research shows. Stratospheric aerosol injection ...

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil's Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work.

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

These discoveries reinforce a growing understanding that the Amazon was far from a ‘human desert’ before colonisation ...

An eight-mile stretch of Amazon rainforest is being cleared to make space for a new four-lane highway that's being built in Brazil to ferry delegates to a climate conference later this year. The ...

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Road paving on Brazils BR-156 in Amapa drives deforestation but is uncovering pre-Columbian pottery, urns and artifacts, ...