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1. Fires in the Amazon Rainforest: Causes and Consequences: This article from National Geographic provides an overview of the causes and consequences of fires in the Amazon rainforest. It discusses the human activities that have caused the deforestation of the rainforest and the devastating effects that the fires have had on the environment and the local communities. 2. Scientists Are Finding New Ways to Study the Amazon Rainforest From Space: This article from The New York Times discusses how scientists are using satellite imagery to gain a better understanding of the Amazon rainforest. It describes the various methods being used to analyze the data and how they can be used to better inform conservation efforts and help protect the rainforest. 3. Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest: A Video Exploration: This video from National Geographic provides an in-depth look at the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. It explores the causes of the deforestation and its devastating effects, as well as the efforts being made to try and protect the rainforest. 4. How the Amazon Rainforest Helps Combat Climate Change: This article from The Guardian examines how the Amazon rainforest helps to combat climate change. It looks at how preserving the rainforest can help reduce global temperatures, as well as
Alaska’s Tongass is the world’s largest temperate rainforest and a sanctuary for wildlife. The Trump administration’s plan to rescind a rule banning roads in wild areas of national forests would open untouched parts of the Tongass and other forests to logging and development.
Read the full story in The Guardian. It has been the tropical jewel in one of the UK’s most famous gardens for more than 175 years, and now the Palm House in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is to get a green makeover. The attraction, which houses Kew’s tropical rainforest, will close for five years…
In “Amazon Tipping Point” — Third-Place Winner of the 2025 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — Brazilian filmmakers capture striking images of clear-cutting and explore how human activity is so damaging the world’s largest rainforest that it will not be able to recover.
The Indonesian government is fast-tracking a massive agricultural project that is turning 7 million acres of tropical forest into rice and sugarcane farms. Critics say it is the world’s largest deforestation project and would upend the lives of thousands of Indigenous people.
The Indonesian government is fast-tracking a massive agricultural project that is turning 7 million acres of tropical forest into rice and sugarcane farms. Critics say it is the world’s largest deforestation project and would upend the lives of thousands of Indigenous people.