Second, deforestation can cause the land surface to become relatively warm, triggering upward air flows and the formation of areas of low atmospheric pressure. Such ‘heat lows’ draw in ...

In early January, lawmakers in Mato Grosso, Brazil, voted to pass a law that would loosen environmental protections in the state and allow for massive amounts of deforestation. The law would ...

A project in Mozambique is trying to reverse the alarming rate of deforestation there. Illegal shipments of rosewood continue and some of the profit ends up with jihadists, research says.

Deforestation is a major man-made source of greenhouse gas emissions, and is especially significant in countries with large tropical forests, including Brazil and Indonesia as well as countries in ...