Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Würzburg researchers have investigated how animals react to this.

As deforestation increases in the Amazon, it will decrease precipitation in California and create drier conditions in Southern California.” ...

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

The study highlights the urgent need to safeguard global tropical wetlands from human impact. Complex organisms, thousands of ...

New research from a team of tropical biologists forecasts some of the changes that may occur in the Amazon rainforest as temperatures rise due to climate change.

The Museu da Amazônia - MUSA, a patch of preserved rainforest in Manaus, Brazil, is 1.5 hours by river away from the XPRIZE Rainforest competition site. Scientists studied its rich biodiversity to ...

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

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

The Brazilian diplomat who will chair the next UN climate summit on Thursday praised China as an example in the fight against ...

The microbes were found in the Amazonian peatlands of Peru and could be valuable for sequestering carbon in the damp soils.

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 ...

A study published in Nature Climate Change predicts that 36% of anurans’ habitats worldwide will soon be threatened by a combination of rising temperatures and water scarcity. Brazil has the greatest ...