By Rhett Ayers Butler Rainfall is often treated as a gift of geography — a function of latitude, oceans, and atmospheric circulation. A growing body of research suggests that in the tropics, it is ...

The Amazon's biggest trees store disproportionately more carbon than smaller trees do, new study finds. But in the Peruvian Amazon, large trees are currently prioritized for harvest.

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

The pic that comes from director Mike P. Nelson (“Silent Night, Deadly Night,” “Wrong Turn”) and screenwriter Alan B. McElroy ...

The Amazon Rainforest is approaching a dangerous threshold. Scientists warn that continued deforestation could push the world ...

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

India is home to tropical forests, especially in regions that experience heavy rainfall, warm temperatures, and high humidity year-round. New study reveals they generate wealth.

Vinicius Junior said “racists are cowards” after the Brazil forward was allegedly abused during Real Madrid’s Champions League win over Benfica. The 25-year-old left the field in Lisbon after ...

Every year, tropical forests release countless litres of water into the atmosphere, generating rain. New research has ...

Brazil’s latest satellite alerts indicate that deforestation in the Amazon has continued to fall into early 2026, extending a downward trend that began after a sharp rise earlier in the decade. Data ...

A new study led by the University of Leeds has put a monetary value on one of forests’ least recognised services as a source of rainfall to surrounding regions, finding that each hectare generates 2.4 ...

In 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke crash landed in the Amazon rainforest on a flight from Lima, Peru, en route to her family’s res ...