Trees in the Peruvian Amazon are silently preserving the history of human activity, including the destructive impacts of gold ...

For example, Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the protected lands by exploiting legal loopholes, as Reuters ...

Efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change are constantly ramping up. Some of these efforts include conservation efforts of existing forests, for example, which can play a crucial role in the ...

A team of nearly 100 researchers found the average tree size in the massive rainforest has increased by more than 3 percent ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines when ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in places ...

The Amazon rainforest is often heralded as the world’s “lungs,” thanks to its important role in storing carbon and preventing its release into the atmosphere — in other words, a crucial “carbon sink” ...

Deep in the heart of Ecuador’s Amazon, where the Bobonaza River winds through ancient forests in Pastaza province, Sacha ...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) rose faster in 2024 than in any year since records began—far faster than scientists expected ...