Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

The first roads that cut through rainforests are well-known conduits for deforestation. However, new research finds that secondary roads, those that branch off the primary road, cause far more forest ...

A European Commission project to counter deforestation and forest degradation associated with “the making available on the Union market as well as the export” of certain agricultural products was ...

Scientists have long known that human activity often helps pathogens spread. Human-caused climate change can push disease-carrying mosquitoes or ticks into new places as temperatures rise, and ...

Climate change remains one of the most pressing challenges facing Nigeria today. The nation, situated in West Africa, is experiencing unprecedented environmental shifts that threaten its economy, ...

Researchers from iDiv, Leipzig University and Sun Yat-sen University in China have found that large-scale deforestation has a greater warming effect on the climate than previously thought. Their ...

A new study into one of the world's most popular tobacco leaf production processes has revealed its particularly damaging harms to the environment and how it impacts farmers' lives in Zimbabwe.