With the aid of stable hydrogen isotopes in volcanic glass, an international research team, including Senckenberg geoscientist Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, has studied the uplift history of the Andes ...

Brazilian scientists have pioneered a new vegetation model with a broader array of life strategies that is expected to provide a more accurate representation of the Amazon ecosystem’s functioning and ...

The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could ...

Efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change are constantly ramping up. Some of these efforts include conservation efforts of existing forests, for example, which can play a crucial role in the ...

Record-Breaking Carbon Emissions Transform the Amazon from Guardian to Threat The Amazon rainforest experienced its most devastating fire season in over two decades during 2024. The 2024 fires ...

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 ...

FRANKFURT/MAINZ/HELSINKI/LEIPZIG. Who hasn’t enjoyed the aromatic scent in the air when walking through the woods on a summer’s day? Partly responsible for this ...

TEKOHAW, Brazil (AP) — At dawn in this small Amazonian village in Brazil’s Para state, flocks of noisy green parrots soar overhead as children run and play between wooden homes, kicking up sandy soil ...

Despite efforts to prevent the destruction of critical rainforests like the Amazon, they are continuing to decline due to human action, and may fall into a Catch-22 of further degradation. This ...

As the European Union finalizes its third Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII), France is seeking an exemption to enable the European Space Agency and French Space Agency to build and operate two ...