The human impact on the Amazon rainforest has been grossly underestimated according to an international team of researchers from Brazil and the UK, led by Lancaster University.

Researchers have used high-tech tools to more precisely view where these cleared sites were and how much lasting impact they had on the rainforest in the Amazon Basin in South America. Tropical ...

New research using arboreal camera traps finds that canopy-dwelling mammals are particularly sensitive to the impacts of human disturbance in rainforests and that these effects are easily missed ...

A new discovery at an archaeological site has led researchers to believe that humans lived in rainforests much earlier than previously thought.

Human activity can impact on ecosystems. One such ecosystem, the tropical rainforest, faces threats which need to be managed to ensure its survival. Part of Geography Weather, climate and ecosystems ...

Topline More than one-third of the Amazon rainforest has been degraded by humans, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, as scientists say the region is transitioning to ...

ZURICH, Switzerland, May 18-- Rainforest Action Network issued the following news release on May 17, 2023:. Unlike last year, in which 72% of shares cast supported a resolution from As You Sow ...

Coinciding with global warming is the impact of human-caused deforestation in the Amazon. A landmark 2018 study by scientists Thomas Lovejoy and Carlos Nobre found that the Amazon is hurtling toward a ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute study human impact on tropical forests, showing lasting environmental effects from early interactions that extend beyond the 21st century.

The human impact on the Amazon rainforest has been grossly underestimated according to an international team of researchers. They found that selective logging and surface wildfires can result in ...