Moreover, much more needs to be done to stop greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide ... “Below 1800 mm per year, abrupt transitions from rainforest to a Savanna-like vegetation become possible.

The microbes were found in the Amazonian peatlands of Peru and could be valuable for sequestering carbon in the damp soils.

The study highlights the urgent need to safeguard global tropical wetlands from human impact. Complex organisms, thousands of ...

“If events like this happen more often, the Amazon rain forest would reach a point where it shifts from being a valuable carbon sink slowing climate change to a major source of greenhouse gases ...

a greenhouse gas driving climate change, even as the world’s largest tropical rainforest is rapidly deforested. Biden is expected to be taken over a stretch of the rainforest where he would get ...

These ecosystems play a crucial role in regulating greenhouse gas emissions and ... Basin—a vital peatland in the northwestern Amazon rainforest of Peru. Encompassing approximately 100,000 ...

Scientists discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands that control carbon storage. If peatlands stay stable, they store carbon.

Tech giant acquires carbon credits worth around $200mn, as energy usage surges due to generative artificial intelligence ...

This means tech companies seeking to meet their green pledges rely on buying credits that represent a tonne of greenhouse gases removed or reduced. Tech groups also buy renewable energy credits ...