Named by Captain William Mynors on Christmas Day in 1643 as the 'Christmas Island', the island is located in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Australia and south of Java Island. Covered by tropical ...

As the global climate warms and the dry season lengthens, signs of a shift towards a hypertropical climate pattern are ...

JAKARTA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The death toll from landslides in two regions of Indonesia's Central Java rose to 30 as rescue efforts continued, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Friday.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After a weekend storm brought downtown Los Angeles one of its wettest Novembers in decades, more rain is forecast ...

JAKARTA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Rain-triggered landslides in two regions in Indonesia's Central Java province last week have led to the deaths of at least 18 people, authorities said on Monday, with ...

Brazil is home to some of the planet’s largest areas of tropical forest, but they are under intense pressure. The Atlantic Forest, on the country’s eastern coast, once covered 350 million acres, but ...

During this term, Brazil’s president has reduced deforestation but he is government is pushing projects that would open up the Amazon to extractivism. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, ...

While the city of Belém steps up to host the COP30 global climate summit in November, in another corner of Pará state, a federal government agency is planning to hand over a large area of the Amazon ...

Heavy rains hit the Cimahi in West Java on Friday, October 17, causing severe flooding, submerging homes, food stalls and vehicles in some areas. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “Herlina M ...

The giants of the Amazon are getting even bigger. A sweeping, new study has found the rainforest’s largest trees are not only holding their ground, but they’re thriving — growing, multiplying in ...

Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought. When you ...

The average size of trees in the Amazon rainforest has been steadily increasing as carbon dioxide levels have risen, meaning these larger trees play a more important role in determining whether the ...