The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are still learning new things about it every year, and what’s already known is ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Many stories about the Amazon read like elegies. Drought, smoke, lawlessness—each headline darker than the last. I’m guilty of this at times. The ...

Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at night. That disruption leads to more extreme temperature swings that can be ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — 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 ...

The sights and sounds of the Amazon rainforest come alive in this soothing and relaxing video that makes you feel you are in the heart of the world’s most biodiverse rainforest. The team at the Amazon ...

The biotic pump theory was developed by scientists Anastassia Makarieva and the late Victor Gorshkov, who were Russian theoretical physicists working for the Theoretical Physics Division of the ...

For roughly 65 million years, the forests of the Amazon were resilient to changes in the climate. But that is changing rapidly, as the region is exposed to unprecedented stress from global warming, ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change but could experience “profound changes” including the death of large trees and a diminished ability to absorb ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Recent archaeological findings, bolstered by laser-based lidar mapping and by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain, reveal that the Amazon supported vast ...