The Brazilian government, through the environmental regulator IBAMA, has granted Petrobras a license for exploratory oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River. Despite environmental and ...

In the heart of the Amazon Basin, where the borders and cultures of Peru, Colombia and Brazil converge, a tiny, shape-shifting island has become the unlikely setting for a diplomatic tug of war.

Brazil's bid to turn the mouth of the Amazon River into a new oil exploration frontier is facing institutional pushback from ...

South America’s tourism industry is experiencing a steady revival, as countries across the continent seek to diversify their ...

South America is experiencing its worst forest fire season in nearly two decades, with millions of acres burning across several countries. The blazes come amid the region’s worst drought on record, ...

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that emergence of a weak La Niña in the tropical Pacific is expected to reinforce sunny conditions over the southern parts of ...

Plastic may well be a useful everyday item, but its careless disposal in oceans and inland waterways is a pressing global problem. Plastic pollution poses a significant threat to human health and the ...