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The Amazon rainforest actively generates its own rainfall through a vital moisture recycling process. Trees release vast amounts of water vapor, creating 'flying rivers' that sustain ecosystems and ...

Struggling kelp forests like those along the California coast show why 'out of sight, out of mind' is not good climate change ...

Rainfall is often treated as a gift of geography — a function of latitude, oceans, and atmospheric circulation. A growing body of research suggests that in the tropics, it is also a product of ...

The Amazon's biggest trees store disproportionately more carbon than smaller trees do, new study finds. But in the Peruvian Amazon, large trees are currently prioritized for harvest.

Scientists realized that the rain-making services of tropical forests have long been taken for granted, so they stepped ...

Vonn, Shiffrin and Brignone among the Olympic skiers voicing concern over receding glaciers Surprise shark caught on camera ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is making the region hotter and drier, with less rainfall as the forest loses its ability to ...

The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%. The loss of vegetation leads to an increase in surface temperature, a ...

Key climate tipping points may be closer than expected, raising the risk of accelerating warming, sea-level rise, and ...

For decades, a dominant argument for protecting forests has focused on carbon. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, store it in wood ...