tropical rainforests
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World’s Oldest Rainforest Is Being Cooked To Death By Climate Change, Authorities Warn
Australia can’t seem to catch a break. The Great Barrier reef is still limping along after hottest summer on record. Now, authorities are warning that the endless heat has placed a world-class rainforest in grave danger.
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What Ancient Maya Forests Can Tell Us About Our Future
More than 3,000 years ago, the ancient Maya spread across the Yucatán Peninsula and neighbouring areas, clearing rainforest for agriculture and cities as they went. Though their civilisation mysteriously collapsed around the ninth century, it left an indelible mark on the region’s tropical rainforests, one that presents a warning to people clear-cutting the tropics today.