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Scientists warn that the Amazon rainforest is near its “tipping point” as more trees die. A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, more than three-quarters of the Amazon has lost ...

The famously verdant Amazon rainforest is in danger of transforming into a dry savannah as various environmental indicators, such as deforestation and climate change, are pushing the ecosystem to a ...

The word "tipping point" gets thrown around a lot, but what scientists mean by it is something specific and deeply alarming. A climate-induced tipping point is a level of warming at which key natural ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As a controversial bill passes in Brazil, environmentalists prepare for the “last stand” to save the Amazon. Brazil’s Congress approved a sweeping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our planet has passed its first major climate tipping point with the widespread collapse of warm-water coral reefs already ...

The Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it. The ban - which prohibits the sale of soya grown on land ...