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Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds ...

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

With its sprawling canopy and diverse flora and fauna, the Amazon rainforest makes for the best playground for adventure ...

The satellite, named Biomass, launched with a rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, New Guinea, and separated from the ...

An international team of researchers has now examined tree rings of species native to the Peruvian Amazon to determine if trees could be used to show approximately where and when atmospheric ...

The Amazon is being deliberately destroyed. Trees that have stood for hundreds of years are ... Every hectare of the Amazon that is destroyed pushes the rainforest closer to collapse. And if we lose ...

The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its dense green canopy stretches across nine countries, providing a ...

The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. It covers some 5.5 million square kilometres, and spans nine countries. It is home to billions of trees, millions of animal species and more than ...

Brazil’s Amazon state of Rondonia has passed a law in favor of cattle ranchers who converted a large area of rainforest ...

Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National ... groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest under the guise of economic ...

The Amazon is being deliberately destroyed. Trees that have stood for hundreds of years are ... Every hectare of the Amazon that is destroyed pushes the rainforest closer to collapse. And if we lose ...