Every year wind-swept dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa travels over the Atlantic Ocean, which can be seen by satellites.

How long would it take for the world’s largest rainforest to burn down? If we don’t do anything to stop it, we’ll soon find ...

Environmental journalists are pairing satellite imagery and machine learning to expose illegal mining across the Amazon.

A major international study involving researchers from The University of Manchester has found that rising global demand for ...

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The Amazonian rainforest isthe planet’s respiratory system–the more than 1 billion acres of trees help regulate the climate and produce more than 20% of the Earth’s oxygen. And that’s why one of the ...

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 ...

A kayak tour trailing through a sea of trees in the rainforest can only be experienced once a year. Photography by Cristian Dimitrius This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK).

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 ...

Geoengineering could protect the Amazon rainforest from climate change, new research shows. Stratospheric aerosol injection ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A kayak tour trailing through a sea of trees in the rainforest can only be experienced once a year. Photography by Cristian ...