But new research suggests that deforestation on a much smaller scale is just as damaging for the climate, greatly reducing ...

Up to two thirds of the world's temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study by researchers at the University of Leeds. In the first ever ...

A new study led by the U.S. Forest Service, with Chapman University as a key senior collaborator, published in Nature Communications, suggests Earth's own tropical soils may contribute to climate ...

Most days, you’ll find Joost van Haren tromping through Arizona’s only tropical rainforest. An assistant research professor at the UA, van Haren works in the rainforest at Biosphere 2—in the middle of ...

The Amazon rainforest has played a critical role in the fight against climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. But a study published in Nature ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ken Silverstein covers global energy and climate issues. Most people envision the Amazon AMZN rainforests as a tropical paradise ...

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 ...

Global warming, with its long summers and increasing number of droughts, is introducing a new climate in the Amazon ...

Time to save the rainforest … by bulldozing it? Such is the feckless privilege of the global “climate” kleptocrat class: In their infinite wisdom, these defenders of the planet wrecked a huge stretch ...

"Deforestation and climate change are likely the main drivers of this decline." The Amazon rainforest is biologically the richest region on Earth, hosting about 25% of global biodiversity. The study ...

Washington — President Biden urged leaders to work to protect the environment on Sunday, during a visit to the Amazon rainforest that marked the first such trip by any sitting U.S. president in ...