The area is known as a crime haven, and it was recently reported that a man, reported to be British, was violently murdered ...

Bezos is backing Slate in its bid to bring an affordable electric pickup to America. In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare won the ...

Normally, plants absorb some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere ... average per-area carbon densities in peatlands are four to 10 times higher than in the Amazon rainforest. This finding tracks with ...

The Amazon rainforest is estimated to have 390 billion individual trees and innumerable species of plants and animals. Canopy ...

Mercury pollution in the Amazon is caused by gold mining. Discover how tree core samples identify the concentration and ...

The 800-metre accessible boardwalk of Maits Rest Rainforest Walk passes over streams, through fern gullies and by 300-year-old giant beech trees and towering Californian redwoods.

As the world’s largest remaining coastal temperate rainforest, it has a huge role in contributing to the world’s oxygen ...

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

In 2023, hydro-electricity accounted for nearly half of Brazil's installed energy capacity, and more than 60% of its total ...

WASHINGTON, Mar. 31 (IPS) - Indigenous leaders from the Amazon rain forest want the US government to revoke a ... is distinct because it has different colored flowers from other plants of the species.

"This alters the dynamics of the ecosystem. The Amazon Rainforest is sensitive to changes. Prolonged droughts reduce humidity and increase tree mortality, which unbalances everything else. Long floods ...

Damage and pollution from the mining industry risks further destruction of the Amazon rain forest, which plays a critical role in protecting against climate change. Many of Earth’s remaining ...