The Amazon rainforest is home to a diverse cast of plants and animals. This vital, verdant landscape also plays a crucial role in managing the effects of climate change by storing significant amounts ...

Global warming, with its long summers and increasing number of droughts, is introducing a new climate in the Amazon rainforest.

A new study led by the U.S. Forest Service, with Chapman University as a key senior collaborator, published in Nature Communications, suggests Earth's own tropical soils may contribute to climate ...

It was no news that nature was heading toward catastrophic days, and new models suggested a similar trajectory for the Amazon rainforest. Researchers warned that it was nearing the tipping point that ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are ...

A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, causing mass tree die-offs. Reading time 3 minutes When it comes to ...

The researchers also studied what happens when leaves get darker, as a previous study had found that climate change could ...