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 ...

Scientists find never-before-seen chemicals in Amazon rainforest air during a record drought, revealing how trees respond to ...

In a recent study published in New Phytologist, researchers at Michigan State University have uncovered how Amazon rainforest canopy trees manage the intense sunlight they absorb—revealing resilience ...

Amazon climate extremes once expected decades from now are already appearing today, with longer droughts worsening forest ...

An ambitious project about to get underway intends to see how the trees will respond to the CO2 levels of the future ...

Deforestation has reached alarming levels in Bolivia. One of the main drivers of tree cover loss – loss of the canopy – is the rise in slash-and-burn land clearance practices. Settlers often start the ...

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