View of a deforested and burned area of the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil on Sept. 2, 2022. Douglas Magno/AFP/Getty Images. A new study has uncovered that forest loss is changing weather ...

By Petro Kotzé The destruction of tropical rainforests — seen in shocking images of huge wildfires, vast clearcuts, and dying ...

Shifting rainfall patterns, especially those exacerbated by climate change, could drive large parts of the Amazon rainforest to become drier savanna, a new study has found. Rainfall acts like a ...

"Tropical rain forests play a dominant role on Earth in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide." One big question, said Cleveland, "is how tropical rain forests are responding to climate change.

Tropical Deforestation Affects US Climate. By Mike Bettwy. Goddard Space Flight Center release. September 20, 2005. Today, scientists estimate that between one-third and one-half of our planet’s ...

SINGAPORE — The second half of July is set to sizzle, with the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) forecasting fewer rainy ...

The world's tropical regions might see far more rain than expected as the climate warms. Most global climate models may be underestimating just how much rain will fall in the tropics as ocean and ...

This recycling of moisture helps to maintain the large amounts of rainfall tropical forests need. Rainforests are filled with trees drawing water from the earth to the air. Jess Baker , Author ...

Tropical insects are extremely sensitive to changing climates Date: September 14, 2022 Source: Florida Museum of Natural History Summary: Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments ...

"Our work shows that climate change will cause the position of Earth's tropical rain belt to move in opposite directions in two longitudinal sectors that cover almost two thirds of the globe ...

In Southeast Asia, rainforests are stressed more from land use and species fragmentation than they are from climate, except for areas of peatlands that are, during El Nino years, now more vulnerable ...