By simulating the future atmosphere, scientists hope to understand whether trees will continue to act as the lungs of the ...

Fires harm the area’s biodiversity and increase carbon dioxide levels, worsening climate change. We must care for the Amazon Rainforest to keep our planet healthy. The Amazon Rainforest is under ...

Have Been the Hottest on Record In recent history, the earth has been experiencing unprecedented heat levels. It hasn't just ...

Researchers have identified an unknown family of microbes uniquely adapted to the waterlogged, low-oxygen conditions of tropical peatlands in Peru's northwestern Amazonian rainforest. The new research ...

Scientists discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands that control carbon storage. If peatlands stay stable, they store carbon.

Environmental journalists and advocates have in recent weeks made a number of apocalyptic predictions about the impact of climate change ... the Amazon rainforest, Siberia, the Arctic,” she ...

Research published in October, opens new tab in Nature Climate Change calculated that about ... while fires ravaged the rainforest. That added concern to scientific findings earlier last year ...

Microsoft invests $200 million in reforestation in Brazil. Teaming up with Re.green, the aim is to restore vital land and ...

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2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.A warming climate ...

Climate change could wreak havoc on Britain in coming decades, with rising food poisoning, allergies and the arrival of diseases such as Zika and dengue fever. The Amazon rainforest and the ...