A beginner's guide to exploring the Amazon
Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every ...
Newly discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands could affect global carbon balance
Complex organisms, thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, can shape massive ecosystems and influence the fate of ...
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Logging and conversion of tropical forests to oil palm plantations have wide effects on ecosystems, study shows
unprecedented in investigating such a broad spectrum of indicators for the health of tropical forest ecosystems in a single analysis, was made possible due to the wide range of study sites established ...
Genomic analyses reveal human activity's vital role in Amazonian species' genetic makeup
Researchers from the German Max Planck Institutes of Geoanthropology and Biology Tübingen use genomic data to study the ...
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Don’t write off logged tropical forests – converting to oil palm plantations has even wider effects on ecosystems
A research team led by the University of Oxford has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The ...
Legendary Giants - Kapok Trees in the Amazon Rainforest
The majestic kapok tree in the Amazon rainforest forms a gigantic habitat. Its canopy of leaves, almost 50 meters high, ...
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Human Activity Shapes Brazil Nut Forests' Future
Genomic analyses reveal the vital role of human activity in the Amazonian species' genetic makeup.Researchers from the German ...
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Q&A: What fossils reveal about ancient Australian forests and fire
Australia's forest ecosystems, renowned for their extraordinary ... a view that has driven the widespread use of protective burning of rainforest edges. Penn State News spoke with the researchers ...