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Thick smoke from peat fires near Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Tropical forests are vital in capturing and storing carbon dioxide that would otherwise stay in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming. Copyright: Aulia Erlangga/CIFOR, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Climate Change, Natural Gas November 6, 2024

Ozone pollution shrinks tropical forest growth

While the ozone layer in the atmosphere protects the earth from the sun’s radiation, at the ground level, ozone is a pollutant that reduces the…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.