How has scientific understanding of the Amazon rainforest evolved over time?

Mar 5, 2025 ... What's the context? South America's vulnerable Amazon rainforest region is a rising frontier for oil and gas drilling. RIO DE JANEIRO - At the ... Feb 13, 2023 ... This article is part of the Research Topic Biochar from Forest Biomass as a Tool for Climate Change Mitigation and Degraded Soil Reclamation Sep 11, 2024 ... Parts of the Amazon rainforest are suffering through the worst droughts ever recorded. As a result major rivers are dwindling and wildfires ... It is the world's largest rain forest and river system, and the most biologically diverse place on Earth. It contains millions of species, most of them still ... Jan 28, 2022 ... Researchers who have discovered that gold mining in the Amazon rainforest is causing exceptionally high levels of mercury pollution in the old-growth ... Aug 8, 2024 ... The Puyanawa have regained control over their lands, largely ending the clear cutting ravaging much of the Amazon. Feb 20, 2023 ... Here's why the Amazon rain forest is key to protecting Earth from the detrimental effects of climate change. Jan 17, 2022 ... New research suggests that whether shallow water table forests will act as a carbon sink—absorbing CO2 and offsetting emissions from deep water ... Oct 7, 2021 ... This report consolidates the main findings of the academic literature that rigorously evaluates policies aimed at combating deforestation in the Brazilian ... Mar 13, 2017 ... Our results suggest that the risk of self-amplified forest loss is reduced with increasing heterogeneity in the response of forest patches to reduced rainfall.