rainforest

The Amazon is not Earth's oxygen factory, but it stores vast carbon and recycles rain across a continent. Here is what the evidence says about deforestation, drought, and tipping points.

The Amazon holds tens of billions of tonnes of carbon, makes about half of its own rainfall, and shelters roughly one in ten known species. Here is what a total loss would set in motion, and why the forest may not need to be fully cleared to fail.