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Rainfall over the Amazon river. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

The Amazon is ablaze again. What it means for us (commentary)

Mark J. Plotkin 30 Sep 2024
A chestnut-mandibled toucan in the rain.

Climate change detectable in daily rainfall patterns, deep-learning model finds

Abhishyant Kidangoor 27 Sep 2023
A view over Brazil’s Florestal Reserve Adolpho Ducke.

Protected areas store a year’s worth of CO₂ emissions, study reveals

Sean Mowbray 2 Jun 2023
Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon Rainforest.

Amazon deforestation linked to reduced Tibetan snows, Antarctic ice loss: Study

Claire Asher 8 Mar 2023
Tropical flora in Wayqecha cloud forests in Andes, Peru.

Carbon uptake in tropical forests withers in drier future: Study

John Cannon 23 Feb 2023

Freshwater planetary boundary “considerably” transgressed: New research

Petro Kotzé 27 Apr 2022

Efforts to dim Sun and cool Earth must be blocked, say scientists

Shanna Hanbury 24 Jan 2022
Prolonged dry conditions have caused the worst drought in central and southern Brazil in almost a century. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on NASA's Landsat 8 captured an image of Lago das Brisas on the Paranaíba River on June 17, 2021.

Lessons from Brazil’s São Paulo droughts (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 30 Jul 2021

Lessons from the 2021 Amazon flood (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 23 Jul 2021
The Javari river forms the border between Brazil and Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Investing in Amazon Rainforest Conservation: A Foreigner’s Perspective (commentary)

Jonah Wittkamper 21 Apr 2020

As climate change disrupts the annual monsoon, India must prepare (Commentary)

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 19 Sep 2019

Extreme floods on the rise in the Amazon: study

Claire Asher 5 Dec 2018

We can expect a lot more rain in a warming world, researchers say

Mike Gaworecki 8 Feb 2017

Deforestation reducing monsoon rainfall in India: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Sep 2016

Peruvian Amazon will get wetter and experience more severe floods, threatening wildlife

Mike Gaworecki 11 Feb 2016

Pollution from fossil fuels decreased rainfall in Central America

Jeremy Hance 10 Feb 2015

Tropical deforestation could disrupt rainfall globally

Rhett A. Butler 18 Dec 2014

Next big idea in forest conservation? The ‘double-edged sword’ of democracy

Dr Liz Kimbrough 3 Jul 2014

NASA picture reveals shocking impact of California’s drought

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2014

Amazon deforestation could cause droughts in California

Rhett A. Butler 8 Nov 2013

Deforestation may hurt U.S. agriculture, affect monsoon cycle

Rhett A. Butler 4 Nov 2013

Global warming could shift tropical rainfall

Jeremy Hance 21 Oct 2013

Featured video: How climate change is messing with the jetstream

Jeremy Hance 8 May 2013

Controversial research outlines physics behind how forests may bring rain

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2013

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2012

Jeremy Hance 18 Dec 2012

Gaining from rain: precipitation is an indicator of tropical forest biodiversity

Thomas Handley 12 Nov 2012

Amazon deforestation could trigger drop in rainfall across South America

Rhett A. Butler 6 Sep 2012

Rainforest fungi, plants fuel rainfall

Mongabay.com 4 Sep 2012

The vanishing Niger River imperils tourism and livelihoods in the desert

Linda Leila Diatta 4 Jun 2012

“Strong evidence” linking extreme heatwaves, floods, and droughts to climate change

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2012

New meteorological theory argues that the world’s forests are rainmakers

Jeremy Hance 1 Feb 2012

Bad feedback loop: climate change diminishing Canadian forest’s carbon sink

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2012

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