Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

Trees of all sizes across the Amazon rainforest are getting fatter due to climate change, a new study shows. Rising carbon dioxide (CO 2) concentrations in the atmosphere have created a more ...

Deforestation remains the top culprit paired with several destructive human activities behind Amazon's devastation.

Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...

In every episode of The Americas’ epic 10-part adventure through the natural world, we visit another part of Earth’s great ...

Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at ...

The already large trees of the Amazon rainforest are getting bigger on average, a new study found. The finding indicates a surprising resilience in the face of climate change among some of the biggest ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

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The Amazon rainforest is often called the “lungs of the Earth” and credited with producing some 20 percent of the world’s ...

Trees are growing even bigger in the Amazon rainforest - despite climate change, reveals new research. Average tree size across the world’s largest tropical rainforest has increased by 3.2% every ...