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 ...

The findings provide the first insights into the processing of energy across soil and canopy animal communities in mega-biodiverse tropical ecosystems. Every day, new areas of rainforests are ...

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.

In the rainforest of Costa Rica, a soil-dwelling fish with skin-covered eyes maneuvered through the mud. Its small size and underground lifestyle likely helped it go unnoticed — until now.

The threat of desertification looms near, and should large sections of the rainforest be destroyed, soil, wind and water erosion would increase greatly. The tall and dense forest canopy protects the ...

(a) Plinthite in an eastern Nicaragua rainforest with distinct areas of red iron oxide concentrations. Soils with plinthite must be managed carefully because they harden irreversibly if they are ...