For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

It’s part of the Congo Basin rainforest — the world’s second-biggest — and a vital carbon sink that helps mitigate climate change ... registry said the map they’re using came from ...

Much as sonar relies on sound pulses, and radar on radio pulses, lidar builds up a 3D-map by firing ... says that compared to rainforests such as the Amazon and the Congo Basin, dry forests ...

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The Congo, the world second-largest river ... improve the soil’s fertility while minimizing deforestation. The rainforest provides crucial ecosystem services, such as regulating the climate, ...

The project’s aim was to conduct a regional climatic analysis covering all of Rwanda and visualizing it on new maps ... climate, which used to be concentrated in the regions of the Virunga volcano ...

A huge rainforest ... Congo peacock. Beyond its biodiversity, the Congo Basin plays an essential role in absorbing carbon dioxide, helping to stabilise global temperatures and slow the effects of ...

Tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest are being paved over in Brazil to make way for a new four-lane highway ahead of an upcoming climate summit. Belém, which is set to host ...

Yet, in recent years, one critical forest has continued to shine as a beacon of hope in the battle against climate ... the Congo Basin is the largest tropical rainforest on the continent and ...