There are thousands of tree species in the Amazon rainforest, many of which grow to between 80 and 100 feet tall, developing huge networks of branches that make up the canopy layer. A few trees grow ...

Due to Henry Ford’s dedication, the area first prospered as a hub for rubber production, but it didn't last long.

“A major question is whether a large-scale collapse of the Amazon forest system could actually happen within the twenty-first century.” (Source: Bernardo M. Flores, et al, Critical Transitions in the ...

Climate skeptics are targeting new research on the Amazon to downplay global warming's impact on rainforests as Brazil ...

Climate change, deforestation and other human threats are driving the Amazon towards the limits of survival. Researchers are racing to chart its future. The Pulitzer Center in Washington DC supported ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines when ...

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across ...

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 ...

Soot from forest fires in the Amazon might play a role in the melting of faraway ice in Antarctica. For decades, scientists have known that black carbon from burning fossil fuels or forests ...

A small team in a remote corner of Colombia is surveying every tree in an effort to better understand how much planet-warming carbon the Amazon actually stores. A small team in a remote corner of ...

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. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...