The Amazon rainforest is the world’s large tropical rainforest, covering roughly 2.7 million square miles. It comprises more than half of the world’s remaining rainforests. It is crisscrossed by ...

Major soy traders like Cargill, ADM and Bunge announced their withdrawal from the Amazon soy moratorium, a move that could increase deforestation in the biome by 30% by 2045. Behind the exodus are ...

On a recent Friday, I was enjoying a Korean fried chicken lettuce wrap under a lush canopy of greenery. Stars slowly twinkled overhead. I could hear the sound of tropical birds chirping and monkeys ...

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Mining often happens in artisanal and small-scale mining operations that burn gold-mercury amalgams to extract gold particles. Credit: Simon Topp. In the Amazon, gold mining is a thriving business, ...