When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...

Canopy cranes, once reserved for treetop research, let you see the “eighth continent” like an arbornaut. TRAVEL; There’s a new way to tour the Amazon rainforest—by crane.

The National Institute for Space Research in Brazil has been using satellite images of tree cover to monitor the Amazon’s deforestation since the 1970s—and new data shows a potentially dangerous spike ...

For millions of years, tree species have spread from the Amazon to Atlantic rainforests across a region that’s too arid for ...

How the Amazon rainforest is likely to cope with the effect of future drought Date: April 26, 2023 Source: University of Leeds Summary: ... Tree doctors. The research team, ...

Gold mining is literally sucking the Amazon rainforest dry, creating an environment where trees cannot grow, according to a new study. Researchers found that suction mining not only degrades the ...

Scientists found the 288 foot tree during a project to scan parts of the rainforest with lasers. ... Amazon's Tallest Tree Has Been ... Brazil's National Institute for Space Research coordinated a ...

Strangler fig tree in the Amazon. Related articles. Amazon deforestation slows in Brazil for 2005 12/04/2005 . Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest fell 37% for the 2004-2004 year according to ...

Inpe used satellites to scan 850 random swaths of the Amazon between 2016 and 2018—each measuring 12 kilometers by 300 meters, almost 900 acres—in a project to map remote areas of the rainforest.

This week, a Brazilian research center called the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported that the Amazon rainforest has experienced a 77 percent increase in wildfires in the Amazon ...

Why the Amazon rainforest and other such biodiversity hotspots have such a wealth of species has long been a puzzle, but a new study of tree frog evolution suggests these places are rich in ...