Rainforest

Research reveals that the Amazon basin likely houses over 10,000 undiscovered Pre-Columbian sites, underscoring the profound impact of ancient societies on the region’s ecology and emphasizing the need for its protection and sustainable management. A new study estimates that over 10,000 Pre-Columbian archaeological sites remain undiscovered across the Amazon basin. Using remote sensing data and predictive spatial modeling, the research sheds light on the potential impact of pre-Columbian societies on the Amazon area.…

NASA’s space laser, GEDI, has revolutionized our understanding of rainforests, revealing a simpler structure with a peak leaf concentration at 15 meters. These insights could significantly impact our knowledge of biodiversity, species’ adaptation to climate change, and the carbon storage capacity of forests.NASA’s GEDI, a space laser, has provided a groundbreaking, detailed structural view of the world’s rainforests, enabling researchers to further understand these complex ecosystems.Uncovering the Secrets of Rainforest…

Hometree’s restoration effort, says Ó Foghlú, will be based on the advice of ecologists and foresters. But the tentative vision is to return pine forests to the upper slopes of the valley, willow and alder to the floodplain, and oak and birch to the valley sides. The group will also work to regenerate blanket bogs and protect species-rich grasslands.But reforestation won’t be easy. Parts of these hills are so bereft of native trees that woods can’t easily regenerate. Centuries of heavy rainfall have also leached nutrients…

Conceptual experimental design for testing the influence of fire on the Amazon regrowth potential. After bringing climate and vegetation into equilibrium over 1,500 years under historical atmospheric CO2 concentrations (spin-up phase), for two model set-ups (with and without fire), all trees in the Amazon region are removed and only grass can grow for 250 simulation years (grassland phase). It is followed by another 250 simulation years where trees are…

Leonardo DiCaprio Joins A Project To Protect Amazon Rainforest(Photo Credit –wikimedia) Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays a key role in environmental conservation efforts, has now joined a project to protect the Amazon rainforest. DiCaprio’s Re:Wild Conservation organisation and US entrepreneur and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Nature Solutions, both non-profit organisations, are putting $200 million into the Protect Our Planet Challenge to “support the expansion and management of Brazil’s protected areas and…

Screengrab via YouTube The whispers of a Disney remake for FernGully: The Last Rainforest are fluttering through the grapevine. In the realm of animation, Disney reigns supreme, leaving no room for contenders. The movie studio’s animation magic — coupled with their captivating narratives — have birthed ageless masterpieces that still bewitch legions of viewers. But let us not forget that this media giant has not always been the epitome of fairness, as was oh-so-clearly demonstrated by the dramatic saga that…

Image via Shout! Studios When it comes to adapting animated adventures, which studio does it better than Disney? Although, come to think of it, there aren’t many others out there doing that in the first place. Disney might be the only one who can. From The Lion King to The Little Mermaid, the House of Mouse knows a thing or two about bringing some of its most beloved films into… a whole new world. (Sorry, it was right in front of me.) So, when I caught a TikTok supposing that FernGully: The Last Rainforest was…

A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 380, Issue 6650.Download PDF Polines, Colombia—The road ends in Luz del Mundo. A few kilometers’ walk from here, just across the Chigorodó River, lies Polines, a scattering of open-sided houses on the edge of the forest. It’s a settlement of Indigenous Emberá people, about 80,000 of whom live in communities across Colombia and Panama. On a recent hot day, an Emberá man named Alirio Niaza scaled…

Reconstructions of the terrestrial ecosystems during the P-T transition. Credit: NIGPAS The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) that occurred ～252 million years ago was the most severe extinction event of the Phanerozoic, devastating both marine and terrestrial ecosystems, with the loss of ～81% and ～89% marine and terrestrial species, respectively. …

Realme is celebrating its fifth anniversary today, and to celebrate the occasion, the brand introduced a new color version of the Realme C55, called Rainforest, joining the Rainy Night and Sunshower models launched in March. Realme says the design of the C55's Rainforest version has been "inspired by the natural phenomenon of the Sunshower, which creates vertical microscope lines resembling rain droplets." The brand also said that the "vibrant colors of the back cover depict a picturesque scene of a summer rainforest,…