Geographical

Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds

Study finds each hectare of tropical rainforest generates 2.4 million litres of rain each year – enough to fill Olympic-sized ...
Natural History Museum

Tropical forests make rain worth billions of pounds

Every year, tropical forests release countless litres of water into the atmosphere, generating rain. New research has estimated the value of this ecosystem service at billions of pounds every year, ...
Mongabay

World Rainforest Day and the state of Earth’s most vital rainforests

June 22 marks World Rainforest Day, launched in 2017 by Rainforest Partnership to highlight the critical role of tropical forests. These ecosystems stabilize the climate, regulate rainfall, store vast ...
insider.si.edu

Tropical rainforest : our most valuable and endangered habitat with a blueprint for its survival into the third millennium / Arnold Newman ; foreword by His Holiness, the Dalai ...

Why are the tropical rainforests so precious? Are dire warnings about the dangers of deforestation and nuclear energy exaggerated? Where can concerned readers turn for a balanced explanation of the ...
The Economist

If only the market value of an intact forest were more obvious, writes Jack Hurd

STANDING UNDER the canopy of a tropical forest is one of the loudest places you can be in the natural world. The call of the white bellbird can reach 125 decibels, while the howler monkeys come in at ...