The Amazon is undergoing a radical transformation. New research suggests the rainforest is now entering a hypertropical state ...

The new climate could lead to widespread tree loss, affecting the Earth's ability to remove carbon dioxide from the ...

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 ...

For decades, researchers anticipated that climate change would stunt the Amazon’s tallest trees. But a gargantuan new study says the opposite: the giants of the rainforest are thriving, and even the ...

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 ...

Average tree size across the Amazon has increased by 3.2% every decade, consistent with a response to rising carbon dioxide levels, a new study suggests. The research published in Nature Plants by a ...

Many locals are cheering on the Brazilian government’s plans to rebuild a decrepit highway. Environmentalists are less keen ...

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A new study reveals the Amazon rainforest is transitioning into a 'hypertropical' state due to increasing droughts and heatwaves.

Deforestation has reached alarming levels in Bolivia. One of the main drivers of tree cover loss – loss of the canopy – is the rise in slash-and-burn land clearance practices. Settlers often start the ...

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