Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

If you’re walking through a rainforest, you might want to keep your head up. How else would you know to duck to avoid a ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen ...

Gold mining in the Amazon is devastating soil and water; combined with heat, water loss, and topsoil depletion, it's stalling ...

Fires could turn the Amazon rainforest into a desert as human activity and climate change threaten ‘lungs of the world’, ...

Replanted rainforests may benefit from termite transplants Cary-led study finds that decomposers like fungi and termites can be slow to recover in regenerating forests. Date: May 6, 2025 Source ...

"People tend to think that by just planting a diversity of trees, these rainforests will regenerate," said Baptiste Wijas, a postdoctoral fellow at Cary Institute and visiting academic at the ...

Amazon Could Survive Long-Term Drought but at a High Cost May 15, 2025 — The Amazon rainforest may be able ... Europe's Forest Plants Thrive Best in Light-Rich, Semi-Open Woodlands -- Kept ...

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New research reveals the amount of carbon dioxide released by trees into the atmosphere under a warming climate could be ...

Dr. John Clark, a research botanist with Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, discovered four new species of airplants. They were ...

New research shows tree stem respiration does not rise sharply with long-term warming. Trees adjust, releasing less carbon ...