With the aid of stable hydrogen isotopes in volcanic glass, an international research team, including Senckenberg geoscientist Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, has studied the uplift history of the Andes ...

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 when ...

Average tree size across the Amazon has increased by 3.2% every decade consistent with a response to rising carbon dioxide levels, a new study suggests. The new research published today (25 Sep) in ...

Hotter temperatures and harsher droughts could cause Indigenous societies to lose many of the species they have used for medicine, rituals and more, scientists found. By Raymond Zhong and Flávia ...

Due to climate change, the Amazon is experiencing longer dry seasons and droughts, which could edge it into a new climate known as the “hypertropics.” Crossing this biome threshold would come with ...

Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth. According to Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth ...

Former NASA engineer Lauren Fletcher is using seed-launching drones to plant millions of trees in the Amazon and California.

FRANKFURT/MAINZ/HELSINKI/LEIPZIG. Who hasn’t enjoyed the aromatic scent in the air when walking through the woods on a summer’s day? Partly responsible for this ...