Aa Aa Aa Tropical forests are highly diverse ecosystems located ... than 12% of annual global carbon dioxide emissions (van der Werf et al. 2009). Although large areas of tropical forest have ...

The UNDP report highlights the transformative impact of the Norway Pledge, which empowered 35 tropical forest jurisdictions ...

Scientists just found evidence that Antarctica was a rainforest when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Some 90 million years ago, ...

Tropical rainforests lie along the equator, mainly between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Rainforests have four main layers: the emergent, the canopy, the under canopy and the forest floor.

By Peter Speetjens As forests continue to be cleared and forested landscapes degraded by human activity, their loss can ...

The site is located in the central/southern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula, in southern Mexico and includes the remains of the important Maya city Calakmul, set deep in the tropical forest of the ...

For example, removing trees in tropical regions can reduce rainfall because it changes the way water vapor forms over the forest canopy. Healthy forests help minimize extreme weather by regulating ...