Enlarge (credit: PNAS) Three thousand years ago, dense old-growth rainforests covered most of central Africa. But around 2,600 years ago, an event that ecologists call the Late Holocene Rainforest Crisis occurred, and the forests suddenly gave way to savannas dotted with islands of trees. Six hundred years later, the forests grew back almost as swiftly […]
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For healthier arteries, do as Amazon rainforest inhabitants do
Westerners could learn a lot about vascular health from the Tsimane in the Amazon, say researchers who report Bolivian rainforest inhabitants have the world’s lowest levels of age-related hardening of the arteries. CBC | Health News
Yellow fever kills 600 monkeys in Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest
An outbreak of yellow fever has claimed the lives of more than 600 monkeys and dozens of humans in Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest region. CBC | Health News