The biotic pump theory was developed by scientists Anastassia Makarieva and the late Victor Gorshkov, who were Russian theoretical physicists working for the Theoretical Physics Division of the ...

Rainforest trees function as biological water pumps, drawing moisture from deep soil layers and releasing it into the atmosphere. 3% of total rainfall. This process remains remarkably stable even ...

Amazon climate extremes once expected decades from now are already appearing today, with longer droughts worsening forest ...

Quinault Rain Forest in Olympic National Park is home to the Rain Forest Nature Trail, a scenic walking route filled with mossy trees, thick ferns, and peaceful forest sounds. The path moves through ...

The Maple Glade Rain Forest Trail offers a relaxing nature walk inside the Quinault Rain Forest area of Olympic National Park, Washington. Surrounded by moss, ferns, old trees, and flowing forest ...

Perched high above the forest floor, the tropical canopy is a reservoir of biodiversity that has long resisted scrutiny. Its inaccessibility has left many of its inhabitants — orchids, epiphytes, ants ...

Deforestation in the Amazon has been identified as the main driver of declining rainfall, responsible for nearly three-quarters of the drop in dry-season precipitation since the mid-1980s. Between ...

Deforestation is playing a greater role than researchers expected, according to a new study. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey For decades, the dry season in the Amazon rainforest has been getting drier. A new ...

Life in the Amazon region following total deforestation of its rainforest sounds pretty bleak: dry spells punctuated by bouts of extreme rain; strong winds that stunt any forest regrowth; and rising ...

The Amazon rainforest responded to the most severe drought ever recorded in the basin with an unexpected defense mechanism.