Spanning eight countries and 2.1 million square miles, the Amazon rainforest is one of the world’s most vast and diverse ecosystems. As well as having around 40,000 species of plants and trees ...

Read on to learn 15 Amazon rainforest facts that will give you a taste of what can be found in the rainforest. Get ... New plants and animals are discovered all the time.

This is what 24 years of severe drought looks like in the world’s largest rainforest. But this patch of degraded forest, about the size of a soccer field, is a scientific experiment.

What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers Launched in 2000 by Brazilian and British scientists, Esecaflor, is the longest-running project ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal ... As well as having around 40,000 species of plants and trees, the Amazon is home to approximately 2.5 million ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser and the temperature rises in ...

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future Sections WATCH ...

What Would Happen if the Amazon Rainforest Dried Out? This Decades-Long Experiment Has Some Answers. Science News. ... In each tower, NASA radars measure how much water is in the plants, ...