A long-time leader of California’s climate efforts explains how governors from Brazil to Indonesia have become the leading ...

“A rainforest can spring up in one to three years ... who studies the impact of the climate on ecosystems but wasn’t involved in the new paper. “Unless or until we can match that natural ...

The tropical rainforest is the most biodiverse biome on Earth, housing an astonishing variety of species due to its unique climate, characterized by abundant rainfall and sunlight. Despite its ...

Researchers are also beginning to ask whether climate change could push hurricane-adapted rainforests into a future where they are no longer rainforests at all. Hurricane Maria “was like having ...

the Amazon rainforest will collapse. “The worst nightmare of climatologists seems to be already confirming itself,” the Brazilian Climate Observatory activist network tweeted in response to th ...

New research found that a remote region of North America's largest temperate rainforest is experiencing changes to its ecosystem due to climate change. New research released in Bioscience found ...

Nearly 40% of the areas of the Amazon rainforest most critical to curbing climate change have not been granted special government protection, as either nature or indigenous reserves, according to ...

The Amazon, known as “the planet’s lungs,” produces 20 percent of Earth’s oxygen and is a key factor in combating climate change, according to CNN. Like all plants, the Amazon rainforest ...

“But it’s worth reminding ourselves that if it gets to that tipping point, that we commit to losing the Amazon rainforest, then we get a significant feedback to global climate change,” said ...

Changes in precipitation and the potential for more “mega-fires” are major concerns for the Amazon rainforest as the climate continues to change. The Brazilian Amazon experienced a record ...