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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Trees also have another way to beat the heat ... weather patterns and even create their own microclimates. The Amazon rainforest, for example, generates atmospheric conditions that not only ...

A new study in Panama found that entrusting forests to Indigenous inhabitants may be a more effective conservation strategy ...

Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted, the total ...