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Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere

Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought.

LiveScience

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed

Forest is ‘remarkably resilient to climate change’, but remains under threat from fires and deforestation

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous groups criticize Ecuador’s $47 billion oil expansion plan in Amazon

Ecuador’s plans to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration for more than $47 billion has prompted opposition from seven Indigenous peoples in the Amazon

The Independent UK

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Prehistoric insects trapped in amber give ‘little windows’ into ancient life on Earth

For the first time, scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America

The Independent UK

Judge dismisses Indigenous Amazon tribe's lawsuit against the New York Times and TMZ

A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon against the New York Times and TMZ

The Independent UK

Robert Redford, the Hollywood Giant Who Changed the Lives of Gael García, Diego Luna, González Iñárritu, Rubén Blades and More Latino Artists

Artist, filmmaker, and activist Robert Redford, who died September 16, 2025 at age 89, was one of Hollywood's most enduring stars, but his impact reached far beyond the screen. Through his creation of the Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival, Redford became a mentor and champion for Latin American…

Latin Times

Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation

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Takeaways from AP's report on a boom in mercury mining in central Mexico

The soaring price of gold is fueling a mercury boom in central Mexico

The Independent UK

Pope honors 21st century martyrs: Christians killed by Islamic militants, mafias, Amazon ranchers

Pope Leo XIV has honored hundreds of Christians who have been killed for their faith in the 21st century

The Independent UK

Scientific study suggests destruction of the Amazon rainforest directly impacts human health

New study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of multiple diseases in the regions around them

The Independent UK

The digital movement that is enabling Indigenous people to show for themselves how the Amazon region is changing

Deep in the Amazon, sound designer Eric Terena has been capturing the sounds of the rainforest while sitting silently beneath the dense, towering treetops with his recording equipment. He has noticed some huge changes.

The Conversation

‘Everything in Brazil is a bit of a fusion’: Ixta Belfrage on heritage, food and her new cookbook

Brazilian-British chef Ixta Belfrage talks to Lauren Taylor about Amazonian river fish, feijoada and why her new cookbook, ‘Fusão’, celebrates the country’s rich culinary melting pot

The Independent UK

Peru rejects creation of Amazon reserve to protect uncontacted tribes, drawing Indigenous outcry

Peru’s Congress has rejected a long-delayed proposal to create the Yavari Mirim Indigenous Reserve

The Independent UK

'Sleep Under The Stars': Hotel Mess In Brazil Ahead Of UN Meet

With two months to go, the "COP30 Hotel," spruced up and renamed after the UN climate conference due to take place in the Amazonian city of Belem in November, has zero bookings.

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The Conversation

How to help trigger positive tipping points – and speed up climate action

The collapse of a major system of ocean currents, the meltdown of major ice sheets or the dieback of the Amazon rainforest are all examples of negative climate tipping points. These are the big risks associated with a changing climate, where harmful change becomes self-propelling. Each could cause environmental disasters…

The Guardian - US

Brazil’s Amazon love motels ditch erotic decor to host Cop30 climate summit

In Belém, motels known for sex chairs and mirrored ceilings are stripping risqué features for climate negotiators

The Guardian - UK

‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel production

Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape

The Conversation

New study shows how Amazon trees use recent rainfall in the dry season and support the production of their own rain

The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical forest, home to unmatched biodiversity and one of the planet’s longest rivers. Besides the Amazon River, the Amazon rainforest also features “flying rivers:” invisible streams of vapour that travel through the atmosphere, fuelling rainfall both within the forest and far beyond its boundaries.

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Volkswagen faces historic $30 million compensation for Amazon labor abuses in Brazil

Brazil’s labor court has ordered Volkswagen to pay about $30 million for collective moral damages

The Independent UK

What Brazil’s soy moratorium fight means — and what happens next

Brazil’s soybean moratorium, credited with curbing Amazon deforestation since 2006, faces an uncertain future after the country’s competition regulator ordered its suspension while probing potential cartel-like behavior among traders

The Independent UK

Uncontacted Amazon tribe enters another village: ‘They are in danger’

Members of Peru’s Mashco Piro tribe are believed to be under severe stress

The Independent UK

California lawmakers seek to curb oil imports from Amazon

The California Senate has unanimously approved a resolution to review and eventually end the state’s imports of crude oil from the Amazon rainforest

The Independent UK

Daily life on a remote Amazon island goes on despite diplomatic dispute

Salvador Mitidieri ferries students across the Amazon River in Brazil to a primary school in Santa Rosa

The Conversation

Lessons from the Incas: how llamas, terraces and trees could help the Andes survive climate change

Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of people, feeding crops in the dry season, supplying Peru’s capital Lima and other big cities, and even boosting the Amazon river. As glaciers vanish, floods and droughts are becoming more…

The Independent UK

Top officials of Amazon nations meet in Colombia to push joint rainforest protection plan

Leaders from South America's Amazon nations have gathered in Colombia to agree on a joint plan to protect the rainforest

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