Some areas of the Amazon basin, the rain forests of sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia are, on average, 2°C cooler than they would be if the plants’ influence weren’t included, says Lee.

Characterizing and quantifying African dust transport and deposition to South America: Implications for the phosphorus budget in the Amazon Basin. Global Biogeochemical Cycles , 2020; DOI: 10.1029 ...

A severe drought has thrown the Brazilian Amazon into an emergency, with water levels in rivers and lakes across the basin falling to unprecedented lows in September.

The team focused on several criteria for the optimization of proposed hydroelectric dams in the Amazon Basin, including river flow and connectivity, sediment transport, fish diversity, greenhouse gas ...

The Tapajós River Basin lies at the heart of the Amazon, and at the heart of an exploding controversy: whether to build 40+ large dams, a railway, and highways, turning the Basin into a vast ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines ...

The Amazon River's 4,000-mile (6,437 km) journey begins high in the Andes, according to the New World Encyclopedia.These mountains act as a wall blocking the warm, moist air moving in from the ...

Countries in the Amazon Basin are falling behind on their targets to cut deforestation. Environmental enforcement combined with economic incentives could provide a way forward. By Lisa Viscidi and ...

Rapid hydroelectric dam expansion in the Amazon poses a serious threat to Earth's largest and most biodiverse river basin. There are 158 dams in the Amazon River basin, with another 351 proposed ...