By Mongabay.com Tree rings from the Amazon show that the world’s largest rainforest has developed wetter wet seasons and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 30-year study shows Amazon trees are growing larger, strengthening the forest's carbon sink role. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) For ...

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Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research published Wednesday underscoring the rainforest's "pivotal" role in regulating ...

After three years of planning, five expeditions and a two-week trek through dense jungle, scientists have reached the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest, a towering specimen the size of ...

Researchers have found almost identical patterns of tree diversity across the world's tropical forests. The study of over one million trees across 1,568 locations found that just 2.2% of tree species ...

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For decades, researchers anticipated that climate change would stunt the Amazon's tallest trees. But a gargantuan new study says the opposite: the giants of the rainforest are thriving, and even the ...