The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could ...
Known as the “hypertropics,” this climate is defined by hot drought conditions—and hasn’t been seen on Earth for tens of ...
The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions ...
Most of us know pine forests are different than jungles. There's a reason the world's forests are so distinct, yet there are ...
The Amazon is facing a hotter, drier future, with rising drought stress threatening forests that help regulate Earth’s ...
A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, ...
The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...
A new LMU study estimates that land use changes in conjunction with climate change could lead to the loss of up to 38% of the ...
Much of the conservation and climate change spotlight falls on tropical forests. Given this, people might forget that forests in the temperate areas—those found in large parts of North America, Europe ...
The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better ...