Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New data reveals the impressive progress that restoration projects in the Amazon rainforest have made between 2000 and 2010, ...

An extraordinary evening of music and purpose will bring together acclaimed keyboardist John Medeski and Peruvian Amazonian cumbia trio Los Abstraccioneros for a one-of-a-kind benefit concert ...

MADRE DE DIOS, Peru — Sunlight dapples the once-denuded forest floor as saplings spread their branches and leaves overhead, slowly forming a lush canopy. Each sapling is distinct, a reflection of the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. One of the benefits of agroforestry and plantation forestry is the ability of tree crops to capture and store carbon in their above-ground biomass.

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...

The study finds that at 22-28% deforestation combined with 1.51.9C of warming, the forest could lose its ability to sustain ...

Tipping point threat: Studies highlight risks of the Amazon losing resilience due to deforestation, warming, and disrupted rainfall cycles. Restoration insights: Ecuador research finds over 90% of ...

The Amazon could be racing closer to a calamitous tipping point that would transform the lush rainforest into a drier savanna within a century, researchers warn. This massive shift could be triggered ...

President Biden made a historic visit to the Amazon rainforest Sunday to view the Amazon River and the ongoing effects of climate change. With his visit Sunday, Biden became the first sitting American ...