The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...

A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, ...

Background: Protected areas like national parks play a pivotal role in carbon sequestration, a function essential for achieving global climate mitigation goals as climate change accelerates. However, ...

On Friday, at least 100 Indigenous protestors blocked the entrance to the 30th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in Belém, Brazil. The action comes on the heels of an action ...

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that for Jamaica, Melissa’s slow movement could bring several days of damaging winds and heavy rain that could result in "life-threatening flash flooding and ...

At least 3 people have been killed in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa causes devastating flooding in the Caribbean, and meteorologists warn the storm could become a Category 4 hurricane. The National ...

Tropical Storm Melissa could bring up to 30 inches of rain to parts of the Caribbean over the next three days, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned. Newsweek reached out to the agency via email ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern ...

Tropical Storm Melissa is barely moving through the Caribbean, and that’s exactly what makes it so dangerous. The longer it lingers, the more rain it dumps and the more likely it is to rapidly ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa dumped heavy rain on parts of Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday as forecasters warned of significant flood risk in the northern ...

Rain from Tropical Storm Melissa snarled traffic in the Dominican Republic’s capital Santo Domingo Wednesday. Tropical Storm Melissa dumped heavy rain on parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic as ...