Tropical forests play a pivotal role in global carbon cycling and biodiversity conservation, yet they are increasingly exposed to the impacts of extreme weather events. Hurricanes and typhoons, as ...
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World’s Tropical Forests are Getting Younger And That’s Actually a Major Problem for the Climate
The towering trees of old forests store massive amounts of carbon in their trunks, branches, and leaves. When these ancient ...
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Tropical rainforests regulate the global ...
Scientists are seeing a concerning decline in insect biodiversity in tropical forests. According to a study summarized in The Conversation, researchers suspect that changes in climate patterns, fueled ...
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Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere
Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they ...
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There’s far less land available for reforestation than we think, study finds
Josep “Pep” Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project, says he believes countries large and small need to ...
More people in South-East Asia are dying from heat worsened by deforestation than in the Congo or Amazon rainforests, despite ...
A new lawsuit asks Colombia to recognize that jaguars, military macaws and the nation’s tropical dry forest have legal rights to “life, health and integrity.” The case is the latest in the “rights of ...
Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As ...
More people in South-east Asia are dying from heat worsened by deforestation than in the Congo or Amazon rainforests, despite ...
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