Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jørgen Kristensen’s closest friends were his stepfather’s sled dogs. Most of ...

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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.

The Amazon Rainforest is approaching a dangerous threshold. Scientists warn that continued deforestation could push the world ...

According to a comprehensive modeling study, the climate benefits of contrail avoidance depend on speed, not perfection ...

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 carbon in its vegetation. In 2023, the region experienced unusually high ...

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 ...

Northern Arizona University and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute partnered on a study using boiling water and leaves in the rainforest canopy to understand how the ecosystem might react to ...