I visited the astounding rainforest about to host royals and world leaders
When you think of Brazil, you picture colourful carnival goers, Christ the Redeemer towering over tourists, and sunbathers on ...
Science Daily4d
Satellite image analysis delivers new insight into the functional diversity of tropical forests
Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...
Massive, long-lived trees discovered in the Tanzanian rainforest are a new species
A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National ...
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew12d
Rattan palms and the origins of tropical Asian rainforest diversity
After consultation with his colleague Robert Morley, he realises with amazement that, unlike the dinosaurs, the relatives of ...
National Geographic news15d
Unraveling the mysteries of the world’s most critical rainforest
Several years ago, an international consortium of researchers revealed that based on a sample of tropical old-growth forest plots across the Congo Basin, the rainforest appears to be storing ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation17d
Heavy rain, flash flooding smashes Queensland, NSW in the wake of Cyclone Alfred
Emergency services are urging residents to avoid driving through floodwaters caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, as heavy rainfall continues to pummel New South Wales and Queensland. NSW SES ...
Sky17d
Cyclone Alfred: 'Worse to come', warns Australian PM - as heavy rain and flooding batter east coast
The Australian prime minister has warned there is "worse to come" after a low tropical weather system brought heavy rain, strong winds and flooding to the country's east coast. Anthony Albanese ...
The New Zealand Herald18d
Ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred: High winds, heavy rain as Brisbane, Gold Coast residents evacuated
Video / @AlboMP Ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred has been downgraded to a tropical low, as it approaches Australia’s eastern coast. Although the speed at which Alfred is travelling has slowed ...
CNN19d
Alfred raises flood risk as tropical storm whips Australian coast with wind and rain
A slow-moving tropical storm has crossed Australia’s heavily populated eastern coast, lashing the region with damaging winds and heavy rain that’s forecast to fall for days to come.
NASA19d
Measuring Tropical Forests in Gabon
The Gabonese forests are representative of the Congolian tropical forests, altogether the second largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon. This makes the small Central African country the ...
New Scientist28d
Humans were living in tropical forests surprisingly early
Humans were living in a tropical rainforest in West Africa 150,000 years ago. The finding pushes human habitation of tropical forests much further back in time, suggesting our ancestors were able ...