Tensions between President Trump and Brazil’s leader could derail a promising alliance to unlock the world’s second largest ...

Some 52 million hectares of natural land have been lost in the Brazilian Amazon region since 1985—an area larger than Spain.

Criminal networks battling over drug routes and markets have made the northeastern state of Ceará into one of Brazil's violence epicenters.

The greed of mining companies in their search for critical minerals in Brazil is threatening food production and the environment, particularly in the Amazon and northeast region states. This is what ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing air quality concerns for millions of Americans in the Midwest and Northeast.

More: The weather is gorgeous this week but there's a catch - smoke from Canadian wildfires When will air quality improve? Air quality in the Northeast will remain poor through Wednesday afternoon ...

With hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada, smoke has drifted into the northern United States, lowering air quality across roughly a dozen states.

Wildfire smoke from Canada will expand across the Northeast and reach Europe this week as fires spread in the Western United States.

Word spread among women and sympathetic pharmacists that this method worked to end pregnancies, and, noticeably, women stopped dying from unsafe abortions in the poorer towns of northeast Brazil.

Map shows US air quality Why air quality matters Officials urged people to stay indoors to reduce exposure, and to limit strenuous activity. Exposure can cause short-term effects such as ...