The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” plays an essential role in our planet’s ecosystem. Its ...

Hidden within the Amazon Rainforest are rare, carbon-rich ecosystems known as peatlands, a type of swamp forest that’s key to ...

Prior to human-generated CO2 from fossil fuels, which traps heat, the Amazon rainforest was a net carbon sink for millennia. Now, it’s joining the global warming/extreme drought onslaught.

The southern Chinese province of Hainan has launched China's first program for buying and selling tropical forest carbon sinks ... in the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park in the heart ...

Rainforests act as carbon sinks due to photosynthesis. Preserve large areas of rainforest or re-forest areas already destroyed. Decreasing emissions from cars and other vehicles. Increase taxes to ...

The eight-mile, four-lane road, meant to ease congestion, has led to the destruction of thousands of acres of rainforest—one of the world's most important carbon sinks and biodiversity hotspots.

The Amazon rainforest, often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth ... The Amazon serves as a crucial carbon sink, storing approximately 150-200 billion metric tons of carbon. When forests are ...