Tropical rainforests are exceptionally diverse, complex ecosystems and they’re home to some of the most unique wildlife on the planet.
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Why Rainforests Are Key to Global Oxygen Balance, Research Shows
Most people believe rainforests are the lungs of our planet, pumping out vast amounts of the oxygen we breathe. This ...
Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into plantations, drastically changing tropical biodiversity and the way the ecosystem functions. Yet, the current understanding of the consequences ...
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Australian Rainforests Become the First to Emit More Carbon Than They Absorb
A new analysis finds tropical forests in Australia are not taking in enough carbon dioxide to keep up with the emissions from ...
Scientists have built a 'time machine' in Brazil's Amazon to simulate future atmospheric conditions, gauging the rainforest's adaptation to climate change. The project, AmazonFACE, involves fumigating ...
A small island nation in Central Africa has just made big environmental history. São Tomé and Príncipe, a tropical ...
Climate change is killing trees faster than they can be replaced leading to greater carbon emissions, according to a new ...
A new study published in Nature, led by ecologists from the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), finds that intensifying El Niño events, driven by climate change, ...
The efforts of tiny forest termites have a big effect on the harmful ecological effects of drought in tropical rainforests, according to a new study, which reveals their important role in maintaining ...
Rainforests are a powerful, natural solution to combat climate change — providing water filtration, capturing carbon and regulating global temperatures. But major threats like large-scale land use ...
Australia's tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start leaking more carbon dioxide than they absorb, scientists said Thursday as they linked the worrying trend to climate ...
Termites are commonly regarded as one of the most destructive insect pests, yet its unknown side was recently revealed by a major new study. Researchers have discovered that termites actually help ...
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