Second, deforestation can cause the land surface to become relatively warm, triggering upward air flows and the formation of areas of low atmospheric pressure. Such ‘heat lows’ draw in ...

After oceans, forests are the largest storehouses of carbon. But we're losing forests at an alarming rate. Two-thirds of global forest cover loss is occuring mainly in the tropics and sub-tropics, ...

Tue, March 25, 2025 Published on Mar. 24, 2025 Published on 2025-03-24T16:33:20+07:00 ndonesia experienced a significant increase in deforestation in 2024, with approximately 175,400 hectares of ...

Deforestation is a major man-made source of greenhouse gas emissions, and is especially significant in countries with large tropical forests, including Brazil and Indonesia as well as countries in ...

A project in Mozambique is trying to reverse the alarming rate of deforestation there. Illegal shipments of rosewood continue and some of the profit ends up with jihadists, research says.