The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

Tropical rainforests represent one of our planet’s most critical natural assets in the fight against climate change, storing approximately 25% of all terrestrial carbon despite covering just 6% of ...

Chemax says that wells located near deep rooted oil palm trees were particularly affected. For the past two years, some ...

When you sip a cup of coffee or use a rubber band, you’re benefiting from tropical forests. These lush ecosystems provide countless products we rely on daily — from food to materials like wood and ...

By Liz Kimbrough When it comes to capturing carbon, trees have always been our go-to. But a sinister switch is underway. A ...

Researchers studied rainforests in northeastern Australia. These wet rainforests are very dense, and their canopies help cool down their ecosystems and store large amounts of carbon. Robert Linsdell ...

A blast of relief from the heat and humidity of the past two days arrived Wednesday morning with the onset of rain, thunder and lightning in parts of the region — and those elements were taking their ...

Tropical Storm Melissa is gaining strength over the Caribbean and is forecast to evolve into a powerful, slow-moving hurricane that will unleash significant flooding and destructive winds on a region ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Good Thursday bloggers, We are in for another nice day before we get into an extended period of cloudy and rainy days. The $64,000 question is how much rain will we get from the ...

COMMUNITY SERVICE. NOW TRACKING TWO TROPICAL WAVES IN THE ATLANTIC. BUT LET ME STOP YOU RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE I STILL DON’T SEE ANY IMMEDIATE CONCERN FOR LOUISIANA. EVEN A LONG RANGE FORECAST STILL NOT ...

YUMA (AZFamily) — Yuma residents are preparing for a wet Thursday as a tropical storm pushes across southern Arizona, bringing the potential for heavy rain and flooding. City workers opened a sand pit ...

Former Hurricane Lorena weakened back down to a tropical storm the morning of Sept. 4 but is still poised to bring heavy rainfall and the chance of flash flooding to parts of the Southwestern United ...