Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it’s not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising ...

New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...

Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global ...

The air moving above the forest carries valuable information about how trees absorb carbon, and what may happen in the future ...

Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global climate. While ...

In 1978, renowned ecologist Dan Janzen jumped into a ravine in Costa Rica, broke three ribs, and spent the first month of the ...

The Largest Tropical Rainforest . The largest unbroken stretch of rainforest is found in the Amazon river basin of South America. Over half of this forest lies in Brazil, which holds about one ...

A research team led by the University of Oxford has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems.

A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide ...

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) has huge potential to help bridge the finance gap and safeguard tropical forests. ... biodiversity, water and other ecosystem services that the forests ...

Loss of tropical pristine forests alone reached 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres), an 80% spike compared to 2023 and an area roughly the size of Panama, mainly because Brazil, the host of ...