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 ...

Lightning-laced micro-storms may fell more rainforest giants than dryness or heat, forcing a rethink of forest-management playbooks.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

As well as the WCS and the Brazilian government, several other organisations have also been involved in designing the initiative, which is due to be launched at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, ...

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

Improving forest management: ‘Forest management’ participants – including timber producers in the Congo Basin, Interholco and CBG, and agroforestry organizations in the Peruvian Amazon, including ...