Young tropical forests play a crucial role in slowing climate change. Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, using ...

A hidden nutrient in the soil could double the speed at which tropical forests, and their climate benefits, come roaring back ...

Tropical forests still absorb vast amounts of carbon, but new evidence suggests that small deforestation clearings cause ...

Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through ...

Tropical forests can recover twice as quickly after deforestation if they have adequate soil nitrogen, according to new research published today.

Published in Nature (Small persistent humid forest clearings drive tropical forest biomass losses | Nature ), the study ...

The Avenue of the Baobabs preserves the remnant trees of an ancient tropical forest on Madagascar.

A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term ...

From Tasmania to the Top End, Australia's forest trees are dying at higher rates due to climate change, according to new ...

Tropical forests play a pivotal role in global carbon cycling and biodiversity conservation, yet they are increasingly exposed to the impacts of extreme weather events. Hurricanes and typhoons, as ...

Papers from the Leeds Symposium on Tropical Rain Forest Ecology and Resource Management, held at Easter 1982 at the University of Leeds; sponsored by the British Ecological Society and the Leeds ...