The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

World crosses first major climate tipping point with coral reef collapse

Scientists warn coral ecosystems, on which nearly a billion people depend for food and livelihood, are tipping into irreversible decline

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2025

Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rain forests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes.

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2025

Brazil Hopes COP30 In Amazon Can Unite World For Climate Action

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis.

International Business Times · Oct 13, 2025

Record-breaking Amazon fires triggered as much CO₂ as an entire country last year

Fires in the Amazon Rainforest have surged to record-breaking levels, highlighting the region’s ‘growing ecological fragility'.

Euronews · Oct 10, 2025

Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon

Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report finds

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025

Injured jaguar found at sea hitches ride on police boat

Brazilian military police rescued a jaguar struggling in the Rio Negro, a major Amazon tributary.

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025

Fears Amazon is in ‘delicate situation’ over rising mercury pollution

One figure stressed that health risks are particularly acute in the Amazon, where access to medical services is scarce

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

South American alliance orders Peru to crack down on mercury trafficking and illegal gold mining

A South American trade bloc has ruled that Peru is failing to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025

I'd lost hope in reviving my dehydrated plants until I discovered mushroom water – an organic tonic you can make yourself, and it's not as crazy as it sounds

This solution can improve soil structure and moisture retention

Homes & Gardens · Oct 1, 2025

As Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025