Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This …
Amazon Rainforest | Plants, Animals, Climate, & Deforestation ...
2024年11月18日 · Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square …
The Amazon rainforest: could it become a desert?
With mortality rates of tropical trees increasing, we ask: could the ecosystem be tipped into a barren desert environment? Fire consumed the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest in August.
The Amazon has survived changes in the climate for 65 million ...
2024年2月14日 · The Amazon has proven resilient to natural changes in the climate for 65 million years, but deforestation and the human-caused climate crisis have brought new levels of …
The Amazon is in trouble. Here’s why — and why it matters
2023年10月12日 · Mention “the Amazon” and people often picture dense, dripping vines and trees. But the forest is actually a messy mix of ecosystems. There are the vivacious várzeas …