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Plants’ ability to stock carbon ceased during the 2015–2016 El Niño, as temperatures skyrocketed and trees died.

Recovering forests can offset around one-quarter of the emissions generated from deforestation in humid tropical regions.

“Since childhood I have always been fascinated by the diversity of living things on our planet and dreamed of working exploring unexplored places on Earth and discovering the unknown species that live on it,” says Roberto Cazzolla Gatti. “Then, as a biologist, in recent years, I have dedicated myself to the issues of biodiversity, and […]

6-MIN READ Wielding Machetes and Calipers, Sweat-soaked Scientists Count Carbon in Amazon Rainforest Antonio Laffayete Silveira, a forestry engineering professor at the Federal University of Rondonia, and botanist count smaller plants in a 1-by-1 meter frame on a parcel of Amazon rainforest in Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia state, Brazil. REUTERS/Jake Spring The Brazilian team is just one contingent among hundreds of researchers seeking to measure carbon in the complex and environmentally crucial Amazon rainforest ecosystem, which sprawls across more than six million square kilometers in nine coun...

The machete-wielding scientists ventured into the Amazon, hacking through dense jungle as the mid-morning temperature soared past 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 C).