CARAJÁS, Brazil — Jefferson Sousa could have been eking out a living at the expense of the Amazon forest, working on a cattle ranch like his father. “It was all I knew, it was what kept our family ...
The Amazon rainforest is often called the “lungs of the Earth” and credited with producing some 20 percent of the world’s ...
After 44 years of observation, researchers have discovered that the Amazon is doing the opposite of what all the models ...
As the world is gathering in Brazil at the world’s biggest climate summit, the trees in the Amazon are telling a story themselves. The trees are getting bigger, almost as if they’re on steroids. And, ...
Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...
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 sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...
CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST – 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 sunlight hits ...
New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical ...
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Reconnecting with historic nature across the world ...
Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at ...