With the aid of stable hydrogen isotopes in volcanic glass, an international research team, including Senckenberg geoscientist Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, has studied the uplift history of the Andes ...

The launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil underscores how the Amazon Forest can be part of the climate solution. There’s another Amazon, ...

Frequent forest fires and agricultural expansion are degrading soil health in the southern Brazilian Amazon. This results in lasting damage to carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks, as well as to the ...

Amazon Rainforest Day, first celebrated in 2008, aims to raise awareness about the importance of Earth’s largest rainforest. There is a place where the Amazon meets the Andes, where forests climb the ...