Australian wet rainforests may be switching from absorbing carbon to emitting it

Climate change is killing trees faster than they can be replaced leading to greater carbon emissions, according to a new ...

Giant trees of the Amazon get taller as forests fatten up on carbon dioxide

"We're not seeing signs of them dying off," one of the study's lead authors told NBC News. "They are increasing in size and ...
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Climate change is making trees grow larger in the Amazon rainforest

Rising carbon dioxide levels have boosted the growth of trees in the Amazon rainforest over the past few decades, but it is ...
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'It's like trying to grow a tree in an oven': Gold mining is sucking the Amazon rainforest dry

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.