Each patch of tropical forest is doing more than sheltering wildlife—it's also quietly manufacturing rain on a massive scale, a new study finds. University of Leeds researchers estimate that every ...

Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the ...

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Every year, tropical forests release countless litres of water into the atmosphere, generating rain. New research has estimated the value of this ecosystem service at billions of pounds every year, ...

Scientists realized that the rain-making services of tropical forests have long been taken for granted, so they stepped ...

The production of food continues to eat its way into the world’s tropical forests. Agricultural expansion drives nearly 90% ...

An expedition to one of Earth’s most remote corners yielded a remarkable new species, but the discovery comes with an urgent warning Imagine a forest so high, cold and remote that almost no scientist ...

Peninsula Papagayo is Costa Rica’s poshest ecotourism destination. It’s now easier to fly there from Toronto year-round ...

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A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results demonstrate that logging ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with Michael Coe, a senior scientist and tropical forest ...