![](https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/07/26124823/2.-Adriane-Esquivel-Muelbert-and-Evan-Gora-768x512.jpg)
Are the Amazon’s biggest trees dying? Forest coroners investigate
As tropical forests are degraded and decline at increasing rates the world over, the fate of these forests’ largest trees remains unknown. Big trees store a huge amount of carbon, so assessing their current mortality rates and causes of death (especially …