Saharan dust travels across the Atlantic to the Amazon, carrying phosphorus and other minerals that help replenish nutrients in rainforest soils, revealing a remarkable link between two distant ecosystems.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro contributed to deforestation through statements opposing forest conservation, according to an international study led by the University of Bonn. The study found that destruction of the Amazon rainforest accelerated when Bolsonaro and his ministers posted messages opposing forest conservation on Twitter.

Earth's natural systems face mounting pressures, with seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached. The Planetary Health Check 2026 highlights ongoing risks from climate change and biodiversity loss.

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The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of carbon in its vegetation. In 2023, the region experienced unusually high temperatures, reaching 1.5°C above the 1991–2020 average ...

As the planet heats up and climate warnings grow more urgent, scientists are studying ideas that once sounded like science fiction. One of the most controversial involves changing the sky itself. A new study from the University of Exeter suggests that a ...

Acaté Amazon Conservation has developed SentaAI, a new machine-learning tool that integrates Indigenous ecological expertise with camera traps and bioacoustic monitors, enabling continuous biodiversity monitoring for the first time in the Matsés ancestral rainforest of Peru.

LONDON (Reuters) - Large ecosystems such as the Amazon rainforest and coral reefs could collapse faster than scientists had previously assumed, according to a study published on Tuesday. Researchers crunched data on changes in dozens of ecosystems to ...

A team of international scientists led by researchers from Australian universities has found the first evidence that woody biomass in tropical rainforests is acting as a long-term source of carbon dioxide. This has global implications. The study, titled ...