Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they ...

We used to think that deforestation in the Amazon would dry out the local climate, but the effects may be even more extreme ...

Local deforestation reduces rainfall in the Amazon rainforest wheres global climate change is the main factor for 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 ...

A new study suggests that tropical rainforests, crucial in combating climate change, may instead exacerbate it by releasing ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels have boosted the growth of trees in the Amazon rainforest over the last few decades, but it is ...

A new study led by the U.S. Forest Service, with Chapman University as a key senior collaborator, published in Nature ...

Researchers say their findings highlight just how important tropical rainforests are in our ongoing efforts to address man-made climate change.

Explore strikingly vibrant animals including red eyed tree frogs and blue and yellow macaws and learn why they evolved such ...

Brazil, which is set to launch the new investment-driven fund for forest protection in Belém in November, wants other ...

Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington is huge, and there’s so much to see and do that it can be hard to plan an itinerary that doesn’t leave out something monumental. On the ...