Although rainforests cover only a small percentage of Earth's total surface area, they're home to half of the world's plant and animal species. As the name suggests, rainforests are also very wet: ...

June 22 marks World Rainforest Day, launched in 2017 by Rainforest Partnership to highlight the critical role of tropical forests. These ecosystems stabilize the climate, regulate rainfall, store vast ...

As humans change the environment around us, those changes are coming with surprising consequences, some of which are evident in rainforests around the world. Deforestation is destroying their local ...

Tropical rainforests and coral reefs are both highly complex ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity. Coral reefs are often described as underwater rainforests. -- Maui Ocean Center photo Tropical ...

How deforestation can be stopped is a central theme at the ongoing UN Climate Conference (COP30), which is being held in the Amazon, to drive home the importance of rainforests in arresting climate ...

Up to two thirds of the world's temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study. Up to two thirds of the world's temperate rainforests could fall ...

Around the world, rainforests play a critically important role in climate regulation. Trees and plants absorb and store a massive amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and in return, through ...

A new 40-year study discovered the eye-opening fact that what happens in the Amazon Rainforest impacts the entire Earth system. This puts an exclamation point on the fact that the Amazon Rainforest, ...

The world's tropical rainforests are still getting hit hard by deforestation. Now, scientists are finding that's having an expected impact:... Deforestation of tropical rainforests is causing droughts ...

Rainforests are among the most important natural systems on the planet. They act as the Earth’s green lungs by absorbing carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen, stabilising global temperatures and ...