South America is a continent of extraordinary contrasts. Emerald rainforests sit next to scorching deserts, snow-capped Andean peaks tower above flood-prone lowlands, and some of the world's most ...

Climate change is likely to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into parts of South America that have never faced these diseases, putting new communities of people at risk, finds a study from the ...

With the turn of the calendar to September, the focus in agriculture will be shifting south of the equator, and specifically to Brazil and Argentina, as the two largest competitors to U.S. corn and ...

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Climate modeling is one of the most demanding intellectual exercises humans have ever attempted. Scientists are essentially trying to compress the entire physical behavior of the atmosphere, ocean, ...

John Malesh stands on flooded land where his house once stood in Bentiu, South Sudan. Luke Dray/Getty Images Why does South Sudan provide valuable insights into climate adaptation and conflict? South ...