The Congo Basin’s peatlands have stored carbon for millennia, but new research suggests much of it is now escaping.

Historian John Stow claimed that Henry VIII had around 70,000 people executed (although this is believed to be an exaggerated ...

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Deep in the Congo Basin, vast peatlands quietly store enormous amounts of Earth’s carbon — but new research suggests this ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of the central Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon. To date, climate ...

An aerial view of the Hudson River near Peekskill, New York, on a sunny day - Papabear/Getty Images America is full of grand, meandering rivers that have carved and shaped the land around them for ...

It’s around 5:45 a.m., dawn in Republic of the Congo. The sun is burning off the final clouds from last night’s rain, and there’s a gentle breeze rippling the thick humidity in the air. I’m waist-deep ...

In January, high-level policymakers came together to discuss the implementation of the recent Belém Call to Action for the Congo Basin Forests, a $2.5 billion pledge to conserve the world’s ...

A leading photographer has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how his exhibition is a good excuse to talk about how the jungles of the Congo and the whole ecosystem of Central Africa are about to become ...

PHONE. EARLIER TONIGHT IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, EMERGENCY CREWS RESPOND TO A UNUSUAL CALL AT POINT STATE PARK. RIVER RESCUE RESPONDED WITH POLICE TO HELP A MAN WHO ENDED UP IN THE RIVER. THIS HAPPENED ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is preparing to raise $750 million in April with its first international bond sale, and will use the proceeds to fund infrastructure projects. Surging prices of metals ...