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For Carolina Pinto and Paulina Rodriguez, the story of the Osa Peninsula embodies one of hope. The diverse rainforest ecosystem in Costa Rica, home to plants and animals seen nowhere else on the ...

Up to half of the Amazon rainforest could transform into grasslands or weakened ecosystems in the coming decades, a new study found, as climate change, deforestation and severe droughts like the ...

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The agouti ain’t no sewer rat: It’s actually a pivotal part of the rainforest ecosystem. Like a weird-looking squirrel, really. Released on 08/08/2016 ...

Humans changed the ecosystems of Central Africa more than 2,600 years ago Geoscientists solve the riddle of the 'rainforest crisis' Date: February 26, 2018 Source: GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ...