Forests in the Amazon have been declining since the 1950s, but scientists still have a poor understanding of how this has affected individual species.
World Cup Fever Spreads to Brazil's Amazon Rainforest
The World Cup is big news and brings big business, out of the stadium, right inside the Amazon rainforest.
The World Cup is big news and brings big business, out of the stadium, right inside the Amazon rainforest.
‘The Amazon rain forest could harbor more than 15,000 tree species, of which 36 to 57 percent are being globally threatened under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species criteria.’
The authors concluded that the Amazon could harbor more than 15,000 tree species, of which 36 to 57 percent likely qualify as being globally threatened under IUCN Red List of Threatened Species criteria. "We aren't saying that the situation in the Amazon has suddenly gotten worse for tree species," said Pitman. "We're just offering a new estimate of how tree species have been affected by historical deforestation, and how they'll be affected by forest loss in the future."
Fortunately, the authors say, protected areas and indigenous territories now cover over half of the basin, and likely contain sizable populations of most threatened species. The study is published in the journal Science Advances.
Study Shows Western Amazon is Being Contaminated by Oil Pollution Over the Last Three Decades
A new study to be presented at the Goldschmidt conference in Sacramento, California revealed that oil pollution is contaminating large swathes of Western Amazon.
A new study to be presented at the Goldschmidt conference in Sacramento, California revealed that oil pollution is contaminating large swathes of Western Amazon.
Severe Wildfires, Worsening Droughts May Threaten World's Temperate Forests
Losing temperate forests to worsening droughts, megafires and insect and disease outbreaks could lead to widespread losses of forest ecosystem services.
Losing temperate forests to worsening droughts, megafires and insect and disease outbreaks could lead to widespread losses of forest ecosystem services.
Alarming Antibiotic Resistance Found In Remote Villagers Of Venezuelan Amazon
Their resistance is may be due to a microbiome that contains perhaps the highest levels of bacterial diversity ever reported in a human group.
Their resistance is may be due to a microbiome that contains perhaps the highest levels of bacterial diversity ever reported in a human group.
