The Brazilian state hosting a United Nations climate summit this year has denied any connection between a new road cutting through a protected area of Brazilian rainforest and the COP30 summit that ...

Dubbed the Avenida Liberdade highway, the new stretch of highway cuts across tens of thousands of acres of rainforest located ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the most important ecosystems on Earth. It absorbs carbon dioxide, supports countless species ...

A trial as to whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concludes in ...

A BBC report found on Wednesday that tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazonian rainforest are being cleared ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

The researchers highlighted two major deforestation hotspots: a northern area covering Bahia and Minas Gerais, where eucalyptus plantations and pasture expansions dominated; and a southern hotspot in ...

Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host COP30.

The Brazilian government is preparing to host the world’s largest climate summit uniquely – by chopping down tens of ...

IN the modern age, it’s hard to imagine that there’s anywhere on Earth that we haven’t fully explored. But there are surprisingly large chunks of Earth that civilisation has yet ...

In the Yanomami Indigenous Land, the largest in Brazil, leaders believe in their youths’ skills to maintain their ancestors’ ...

THE Met Office has revealed where torrential rain will hit Brits this weekend after snow flurries. It comes after the country was battered by a deluge of downpours over recent days. Met Office ...

Horror weather maps have shown the arrival of snow and torrential rain this week, with flurries expected to hit all regions - except for one. The Met Office’s forecast for today and into ...