In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future.

The main goal of the project is to produce a high resolution wall-to-wall map of the entire tropical rain forest domain in four continents using the L-band SAR onboard the JERS-1 spacecraft. The ...

If pushed too far, vast stretches of tropical rainforest could see widespread tree deaths, or could transition to a new state, becoming drier, savanna-like woodlands. That would devastate some of ...

The relationship between the southern Brazilian tropical Atlantic lowland rain forest and modern pollen rain was studied by pollen traps. The study was carried out on a one hectare plot undisturbed ...

Our results show that POPs can be unexpectedly mobile in the soil of a tropical rainforest due to fast litter turnover (leading to rapid POP transfer to the subsoil) and leaching rates exceeding ...

It’s called the Cerrado, Portuguese for “closed,” and for nearly all of human history this vast tropical savanna ... in lushness to the mighty Amazon rainforest to the north, the green ...

One of the most exciting birds to spot in Costa Rica is the toucan. With their huge colorful beaks and quirky personalities, they’re like something straight out of a cartoon. And yes, they really are ...

Cape Town - The first signs of tropical cyclone Dineo will be visible over the East Coast of SA on Wednesday, 15 February, as the storm is expected to make landfall on Mozambique. The South African ...

The tropical rainforest nurtures some of the most striking and colourful birds in the world, each playing a vital role in maintaining the ecosystem’s balance. Keel-billed Toucans are found in ...

In addition it will cover the conservation of tropical rainforest from a regional and global perspective along with current and future threats to biodiversity through human activity. The course ...