Mountain ecosystems are known to be highly sensitive to climate change, which can alter temperatures, rainfall patterns, and plant growth cycles.

The tropical forests of the Amazon and Andes are some of the most biodiverse places on the planet, but across both regions, changes in climate and landscape conditions are driving a shift in the ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is responsible for approximately 74.5% of the reduction in rainfall and 16.5% of the temperature increase in the biome during the dry season. For the first time, ...

More than 100 countries pledged Tuesday to end deforestation in the coming decade — a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but one that has been made and broken before ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%.

The famously verdant Amazon rainforest is in danger of transforming into a dry savannah as various environmental indicators, such as deforestation and climate change, are pushing the ecosystem to a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping and the ...

Rapid growth in the human population has sharply increased demand for global resources, including water, food, housing, and fuel for industry. To expand cultivation and build roads, houses and other ...

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

Researchers warn that climate change may drastically limit habitats for the Nilgiri Wood Pigeon in the Western Ghats.

Climate change, Environmental science, Global warming The Global Impact of Climate Change: A Comprehensive Overview Climate change has emerged as one of the ...