A study published in Nature reveals that small areas of deforestation, often less than 5 acres (about 2 hectares), in humid tropical forests are responsible for more than half of carbon losses ...

Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils ...

Republic of Congo’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, and Executive Secretary of the Congo Basin Climate ...

Thanks to the hard work of two University of Wyoming professors and their field team of graduate students and technicians, ...

The “Roof of Africa” is the continent’s most climbed peak—which often means trekking in the company of crowds. These five ...

The “Roof of Africa” is the continent’s most climbed peak—which often means trekking in the company of crowds. These five climbs offer under-the-radar alternatives with challenging trails and wild ...

After analyzing 40 years of tree records across the Andes and Amazon, researchers found that climate change is reshaping ...

If someone tried to put a price tag on Earth, what would that number even be based on? Land, oceans, ecosystems, raw ...

In Eunápolis, in the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, the clearing of Atlantic Forest for agriculture started centuries ...

Climate change is quietly rearranging the Amazon and Andes—winners and losers are emerging, and the Northern Andes may hold ...

New research shows tropical forests can recover twice as fast after deforestation when their soils contain enough nitrogen.

Environmental research in the tropics is heavily skewed, according to a comprehensive study led by Umeå University. Humid ...