The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," due to its vast capacity to ...

Researchers at the Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER) at the University of Bayreuth have found ...

Globally, tropical rain forests are among the most species-rich habitats and are therefore often prioritized in conservation efforts. A team of scientists now show that the diversity of ...

The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest, but it's shrinking. Around 17% of the Amazon has been destroyed, due in large part to deforestation, per Time Magazine. If this rate of deforestation ...

A tropical cyclone has brought record-breaking rain, with one area recording 274mm of rain in just 24 hours. Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Angus Hines said Tropical Cyclone Sean was “still ...

Tropical Cyclone Sean has intensified to a category three storm off the northern coast of Western Australia, with authorities urging residents to shelter immediately as there is a threat to lives ...

Parts of Western Australia’s far north have experienced record levels of rain as severe Tropical Cyclone Sean sweeps past the Pilbara Coast. Coastal towns from Mardie to Ningaloo, including ...

Tropical Cyclone Sean is now a category three system about 465 kilometres off the coast of Exmouth. While it did not reach the mainland, the Pilbara coast experienced heavy rain, flooding major ...

Researchers have discovered huge landforms deep beneath the North Sea that suggest the region was swallowed by a giant ice sheet toward the middle of the last ice age. The scientists captured ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud ...