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 ...

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 ...

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better ...

Forest and biodiversity conservation, water resource management and strengthening national resilience against the impacts of ...

Climate scientists know NCAR as one of the largest weather-and-climate-research institutions in the world; Russell Vought, ...

A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, ...

Scientists sent hurricane-level floods into a Maryland forest to find out what extreme weather and sea-level rise mean for ...

Protecting places that are likely to remain cool and moist as global temperatures rise can save wildlife of all kinds, but ...

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 ...

By Brian Rodgers North America’s boreal forests are crucial for wildlife and the climate, but we’re literally trashing them to make pulp for toilet paper and other disposable paper products.