Forest climate change

A study published on Friday has found that mountain forests, which are home to 85% of the world's birds, mammals, and amphibians, are disappearing at an alarming rate due to logging, wildfires, and farming.

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Smoke particles from forest fires can erode the ozone layer, according to a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which shows that the Australian fires widened the ozone hole by 10% in 2020.

Large-scale deforestation of jungle regions such as the Amazon, the Congo Basin or Southeast Asia reduces tropical rainfall, indicates a study published Thursday by the journal Nature.

The world's ecosystems could become unbalanced. This was warned by the journal Nature after a study led by the Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) together with the University of Antwerp (Belgium).

Genetically modified trees were planted for the first time in the United States. They are expected to grow 50% faster than other native species, in order to help regulate climate change.

In search of solutions to counteract the consequences of climate change, a group of astrophysicists bet on an idea that is out of this world. They proposed that dust could be extracted from the moon

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Some 10 million hectares of forests are destroyed each year, an area larger than the size of Portugal and equivalent to that of Iceland, according to the UN, which points to this "alarming" global deforestation,