The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest tropical forest in the world, storing large volumes of carbon and hosting high levels of biodiversity. While these forests have historically stayed ...

THE CONGO Basin rainforest may be entirely gone by 2100 according to a 2018 study, ... UK weather maps show exact date temperatures plunge to -4C after mini heatwave.

These strange, sudden canopy gaps, called bais, are located only in the rainforests of the Congo Basin of west-central Africa. Some stretching the length of 40 football fields, and some only a few ...

A map from Global Forest Watch shows the close correlation between intact forest loss between 2000 and 2013 and the growing networks of roads in the Republic of Congo.

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers is revealing unexpected ways to protect the planet.

Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, in a giant leap backward for the climate, they’re being auctioned off for drilling.

The Congo Basin, second only to the Amazon in the size of its tropical rainforest, suffered an alarming 5-per-cent increase in its rate of deforestation last year, ...

Spanning over six countries, the Congo Basin is the world’s largest carbon sink. In the run-up to the Africa COP-27, Central African voices are calling for adaptation. Listen to voices of local ...