Illegal logging of shea and other indigenous economic trees is accelerating deforestation in Ghana’s Upper West Region, ...
Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ...
The communities of Puntland, Somalia, have long engaged in environmentally harmful practices, including overgrazing, ...
Deforestation in tropical regions is leading to a surge in heat-related deaths, according to a new study that highlights the growing human cost of forest clearance. Published this week in Nature ...
The Amazon rainforest plays a vital role in regulating our climate. The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified ...
ICEYE's synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation closes that gap. SAR imagery operates day and night through all weather ...
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - World leaders attending the COP26 U.N. climate summit should focus not only on abandoning fossil fuels but also on setting ambitious goals to end ...
The production of food continues to eat its way into the world’s tropical forests. Agricultural expansion drives nearly 90% of global deforestation, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization ...
The land surface is not passive within the climate system. It doesn't simply respond to changes in meteorological conditions or uses, such as deforestation. Instead, land changes can also feed back ...