Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

It's one of 16 remaining locations across the country.

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s large tropical rainforest, covering roughly 2.7 million square miles. It comprises more ...

Although rainforests cover only a small percentage of Earth's total surface area, they're home to half of the world's plant and animal species. As the name suggests, rainforests are also very wet: ...

Rainforests are defined by rainfall, not location. Some regions outside the tropics receive just as much precipitation as equatorial zones. Geography and air movement make that possible. This video ...

As diplomats and activists scramble to secure hotel rooms in Belém, Brazil for the next U.N. COP30 in the Brazilian Amazon, one of the biggest problems our planet faces is how to protect the world's ...

Our planet is more unpredictable and more fascinating than most of us imagine. Most countries have one dominant climate, ...

The Belém Investor Statement on Rainforests has been endorsed by 33 investment firms that in aggregate manage over $3 trillion as of the 20 th of October: it’s open to signatories until November first ...

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Present-Day Tropical Rain Forests -- Ch. 3. Geological Time Framework, Palaeoecological and Palaeoclimate Definitions -- Ch. 4. Geological Evidence for Rain Forests -- Ch ...