The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth. It is also the world's largest source of biogenic ...

The biotic pump theory was developed by scientists Anastassia Makarieva and the late Victor Gorshkov, who were Russian theoretical physicists working for the Theoretical Physics Division of the ...

The rich plant life that makes up the Amazon rainforest contributes a significant amount of water vapour to Earth’s atmosphere. A recent study found that extensive deforestation here has caused a ...

Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for ...

The Amazon region, Earth's most important ecosystem, is home to more than 400 Indigenous groups that use thousands of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tropical forests actively generate rainfall by releasing moisture into the atmosphere, with each square meter producing hundreds of liters of rain ...

Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey For decades, the dry season in the Amazon rainforest has been getting drier. A new ...

A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, causing mass tree die-offs. Reading time 3 minutes When it comes to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Would another Trump presidency be “game over” for the Amazon forest and global climate? At least there is still a question mark at the end of that ...

This story was produced with assistance from the Pulitzer Center and additional support from the Pendleton Mazer Family Fund and the Whole Systems Foundation. [CLIP: Sound of the forest at ZF2] Daniel ...