Climate change is quietly rearranging the Amazon and Andes—winners and losers are emerging, and the Northern Andes may hold the key to forest survival.

Nitrogen shortage limits young tropical forest growth, slowing carbon capture that could help fight climate change.

New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical ...

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 ...

New research shows tropical forests can recover twice as fast after deforestation when their soils contain enough nitrogen.

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

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 ...

The researchers also studied what happens when leaves get darker, as a previous study had found that climate change could ...

Tropical trees are dying faster than ever, and it's not just heat or drought to blame. Scientists have uncovered a surprising culprit: ordinary thunderstorms. These quick, fierce storms, powered by ...

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

World leaders gathered at the COP30 Leaders' Summit in Belém, Brazil, to launch the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a landmark global initiative aimed at channelling large-scale finance into the ...