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Global deforestation has slowed across all regions in the past decade, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 (FRA 2025) released by the Food...

Fast-growing, small-seeded trees are taking over Brazil’s forests, particularly in regions suffering from high deforestation. These fast-growing species, though capable of surviving...

Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometres away to get warmer, according to a new study by a team of British and Brazilian scientists. The research led by Dr. Edward Butt at the University of Leeds underscores the vital role played by tropical forests in cooling the Earth's surface and highlights the far-reaching consequences of deforestation.

In a bid to fight climate change and biodiversity loss, the European Parliament struck a deal with the Member countries on a...

Approximately 1.7 billion people live in regions where agricultural output is declining due to widespread human-induced land degradation, according to the recent...

A groundbreaking study from the University of Arizona challenges widely held assumptions that Earth is currently undergoing a sixth mass extinction. The research, led...

Wildfires worldwide are becoming more devastating, driven by human-caused climate change that is intensifying heatwaves, droughts, and vegetation dryness across continents. Scientists...

Scientists have confirmed that the Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, carries more chromosomes than any other animal.

Trees across the Amazon are getting bigger, according to new research published in Nature Plants. The study reveals that the average tree...

A recent study by IIT Kharagpur has revealed a troubling paradox in India’s environmental story. While national reports and satellite data highlight...