The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.

Nov 29, 2025 · Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the …

Oct 30, 2024 · Rain is finally coming to the drought-stricken Amazon. But it may not be enough. Nossa Senhora do Livramento community, located in the Manaus region of Brazil's Amazonas state. The …

Join Gisele Bundchen when she meets with one of Brazil’s top climate scientists to discuss the complexity of the Amazon rainforest and its connection to Earth’s atmosphere.

Dec 13, 2025 · Amazon is donating $3 million and working with local first responders and front-line nonprofits to help communities that have been impacted by flooding in our hometown state.

The Amazon is critical to our efforts to avoid a climate catastrophe. Water vapor released from the Amazon creates vast “flying rivers” in the atmosphere, which influence rainfall and thus agricultural …

Jul 17, 2024 · New photos and rare video of an uncontacted Indigenous tribe in the Peruvian Amazon show a collection of the people emerging from a rain forest – perhaps due to encroaching logging …

Dec 10, 2025 · Thirty years of forest demographic data, combined with recent ecophysiological measurements, reveal that intense Amazon droughts sharply increase tree mortality once soil …

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Rainfall in the Amazon is frequent and varies by season and region. During the wet season, heavy rains nourish the dense vegetation. The dry season, though less intense, still sees occasional showers, …