Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they ...

Without trees, the Amazon faces harsher extremes. New modeling reveals more heat, violent storms, and stronger winds.

Local deforestation reduces rainfall in the Amazon rainforest wheres global climate change is the main factor for the ...

A study found that the average size of trees in the Amazon was increasing steadily, likely the result of their height ...

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across ...

"We're not seeing signs of them dying off," one of the study's lead authors told NBC News. "They are increasing in size and ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels have boosted the growth of trees in the Amazon rainforest over the past few decades, but it is unclear if this trend will continue ...

A team of nearly 100 researchers found the average tree size in the massive rainforest has increased by more than 3 percent ...

Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...