Isoprene is a volatile organic compound (VOC) that is produced naturally by plants. More than 500 megatonnes of isoprene are ...

New research shows extreme drought weakened the Amazon's natural ability to remove isoprene from the air, creating a hidden ...

The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of carbon in its vegetation. In 2023, the region experienced unusually high ...

Discover how the 2023 El Niño drought suppressed the capacity of the Amazon rainforest soil to absorb isoprene by a factor of ...

The Amazon is drying out and burning - the green lung of the earth is in shock. Record droughts and deforestation are threatening the ecosystem like never before. How close is the rainforest really to ...

Kerry Bowman is a bioethicist and environmentalist at the University of Toronto who is currently engaged in humanitarian and ...

Two back-to-back droughts in 2023 and 2024 caused the most severe decline in forest moisture and biomass (the total mass of living vegetation such as leaves, trunks and branches) in the Amazon since ...

Drought has dried a major Amazon River tributary to its lowest level in over 122 years One of the Amazon River's main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil's geological ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva frequently touts how it has sharply slowed deforestation in the Amazon, and indeed it has. When the next official ...

The El Niño drought and heat suppress the capacity of the Amazon rainforest soil to absorb isoprene by a factor of four, while boosting its amount around the forest canopy. In a nutshell: • Extreme ...