It’s a cool morning in the montane rainforest of western Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park. Sunbeams stream down from the canopy ...
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African forests have officially flipped. Instead of absorbing carbon, they’re now releasing it
On average, Africa’s tropical forests gained carbon until 2010, then lost it rapidly—especially between 2015 and 2017. Gains ...
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Deforestation has turned Africa's forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new study finds
New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon ...
Discover how widespread deforestation in rainforests has turned these tropical regions from a carbon sink into a carbon ...
Analysing the elephants' faeces for DNA has given a more accurate count, bumping their numbers by 16 per cent compared with ...
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Africa’s forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb
Logging and mining are destroying swathes of the Congo rainforest, with the result that African forests went from being a ...
The origin of humankind has given rise to countless theories, forms, stories, and moments... But now, scientists have found ...
NAIROBI, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Africa's tropical forests appear more resilient as carbon sinks than Amazonian rainforests - mopping up planet-warming carbon dioxide even when sizzling ...
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