By André Schröder After 10 years of operation, the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in Pará state has yet to resolve its most severe local impact: the reduction in water flow in the Volta Grande do ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Brazil is pushing to build a 621-mile railway through the Amazon even as it hosts the U.N. climate summit and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Auricelia Arapiun, pictured during the COP30 UN climate talks in 2025, was one of several Indigenous leaders protesting plans to ...

The launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil underscores how the Amazon Forest can be part of the climate solution. There’s another Amazon, ...

Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance to improve its capacity ...

A pilot project in the Tapajós-Arapiuns Reserve is providing 24-hour electricity through an integrated system of solar panels and river-based hydrokinetic turbines. The project’s hydrokinetic turbines ...

Texas A&M University civil and environmental engineering researcher secures NASA fellowship to study Amazon River water loss from evaporation. While the Amazon River is world-renowned for its massive ...