Scientists realized that the rain-making services of tropical forests have long been taken for granted, so they stepped ...

Each patch of tropical forest is doing more than sheltering wildlife—it's also quietly manufacturing rain on a massive scale, a new study finds. University of Leeds researchers estimate that every ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is making the region hotter and drier, with less rainfall as the forest loses its ability to ...

Every year, tropical forests release countless litres of water into the atmosphere, generating rain. New research has estimated the value of this ecosystem service at billions of pounds every year, ...

A new study reveals that the Brazilian Amazon produces rainfall worth about $20 billion per year to regional agriculture.

During this term, Brazil’s president has reduced deforestation but he is government is pushing projects that would open up the Amazon to extractivism. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, ...

Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.