Poor Amazon Rains Linked to Brazil Deforestation NYT | Top Stories By: Sachi Kitajima Mulkey 2 September 2025 at 23:00 Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study. © Victor Moriyama for The New York TimesA deforested area in Acre State, in western Brazil, in April. For the first half of 2025, officials reported a 27 percent increase in tree loss nationwide compared with the same period last year.