Monitoring forest health typically relies on remote sensing tools such as light detection and ranging (LiDAR), radar, and ...

In most forests, a visitor’s eye is trained on what can be reached. The trunk can be measured. The leaves can be plucked. A ...

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

Ozone gas is reducing the growth of tropical forests -- leaving an estimated 290 million tons of carbon uncaptured each year, new research shows. Ozone gas is reducing the growth of tropical forests - ...

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

Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...

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

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new initiative led by Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment plans to financially reward conservationists of the planet’s tropical forests. In an ...

When you sip a cup of coffee or use a rubber band, you’re benefiting from tropical forests. These lush ecosystems provide countless products we rely on daily — from food to materials like wood and ...

In Panama’s tropical forests, trees are quietly rewriting the rules of survival. Faced with longer, harsher dry spells, they are reallocating energy below ground, extending roots deeper into the soil ...