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One map shows every fire that has ignited in central South America since August 13. In the Amazon, most of the fires were started by farmers and loggers seeking to use land for industrial or ...
Using scientific projections and visual maps, we reveal how climate change could redefine habitats, cities, and natural landmarks across South America. From the Amazon basin to the Andes mountains ...
South America has a very varied landscape. It has the world’s largest river system, the Amazon River basin, flowing through the Amazon rainforest.
Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30 million people across eight ...
The BR-319 is famed as one of South America's most challenging drives, but those who attempt it are rewarded with an unfiltered experience of the Amazon that few get to see.
Paraguay and Argentina are also grappling with wildfires in the Chaco savanna, the second-largest forest in South America after the Amazon. More than 181,000 hectares ...
South America Will Pledge to End Amazon Deforestation by 2030 1 minute read Aerial view of a burning area of Amazon rainforest reserve, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, on Aug. 16, 2020.