There are many causes of rainforest deforestation, which leads to loss of habitats, soil erosion, flooding and global warming. International agreements, 'debt for nature' swaps and selective ...

When the soil is exhausted, the farmers move further into the rainforest and repeat the process. In the Amazon, however, there are pockets of man-made soil that are incredibly nutrient-dense.

Yet, fungi are surprisingly abundant in soil from Brazil's Amazon rainforest. To help protect the Amazon rainforest, which is being lost at an ever-faster rate, it is essential to understand the ...

In the rainforest of Costa Rica, a soil-dwelling fish with skin-covered eyes maneuvered through the mud. Its small size and ...

To find that evidence, she and her colleagues carried out a kind of botanical archaeology - excavating and dating layers of soil to build a picture of the rainforest's history. They examined the ...

Their results showed that rainforest conversion to rubber plantations led to an increase in soil DOC concentration and a decrease in soil organic carbon (SOC) and nutrients, which in turn ...