Rising temperatures over Africa's Congo Basin are actively altering global weather patterns. This warming pushes tropical rainfall eastward, creating a climate ripple effect. Atmospheric waves ...

Across Australia, forests are quietly changing. Trees that once stood for decades or centuries are now dying at an accelerating rate. And this is not because of fire, storms, or logging. The chronic ...

Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for ...

A team of international scientists led by researchers from Australian universities has found the first evidence that woody biomass in tropical rainforests is acting as a long-term source of carbon ...

Learn about what threatens the wet, layered forest and what you can do to help. 2 min read More than half of Earth’s rain ...

A Gulf disturbance near the Texas coast may briefly reach tropical storm strength, but its primary impact will be heavy rain. Forecasts call for 4–7 inches of rain across parts of Texas, with ...

While areas across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi are expected to receive extreme rainfall and flooding from an approaching storm system, Sarasota and Manatee counties are not expected to see ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - You’ve probably heard the term “tropical downpour” during certain times of the year. But what exactly makes tropical rain different from the typical thunderstorms we see during ...

This country is one of the world’s best-kept secrets. With around 93% of its land covered by pristine tropical rainforest, ...

Rainforests cover less than 10 per cent of Earth’s surface but support more than half of all known species. Here’s why World Rainforest Day is celebrated and five forests that play a vital role in kee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shown is a weather satellite view of the atmospheric disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico, as of 1 p.m. Friday. (NOAA) A broad area ...