Forests
Protected habitats: Biodiversity at risk
Models show tropical species are impacted by far-off threats on the landscape.
Protecting Andean Bears and their habitats
Bears forage for young bromeliad plants in Peru’s puna grasslands, but prefer to avoid cattle.
Oil spills still contaminating Mauritius mangrove ecosystem nearly three years on
Oil is still present in an environmentally sensitive mangrove forest.
Exploring Southern Europe’s climate history through fossils
Fossils found the oldest known evidence of the straight-tusked elephant and the red deer in Europe.
Ecuadorean cloud forest’s recent mass extinction found to be a mirage
Many of Centinela's plants are still on the brink of extinction.
Spaceborne satellites can help with more accurate forest monitoring
Information like forest canopy height can be helpful in assessing the health of a forest.
An effective way to eliminate termites
Impact of wealth and surfaces on insects in community garden.
The oldest fossilized forest found along the Devon and Somerset coast
Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils.
A new genus and five new species of ‘alien-faced’ multi-legged forest dwellers discovered
These new species did not appear in earlier collecting of millipedes from the same area.
Simple mathematical rules can’t explain the complexity of forests
The way trees grow together do not resemble how branches grow on a single tree.
Pacific kelp forests have a much older origin than previously believed
The unique underwater kelp forests support a varied ecosystem.
Pathogenic fungi infecting the Eucalyptus snout beetle in Eucalyptus forest
Way to develop a bio-pesticide for controlling the beetle.
How capturing carbon in savannas can reduce global warming?
Grasses play an important role in capturing carbon in tropical savannas.
Balancing Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Food: A Trifecta
Scientists identify ways landowners in rural Brazil can find win-win situations, with biodiversity and farming.
Tropical trees rely on social distancing to preserve biodiversity
A key characteristic of the spatial distribution of adult trees.
Monkeys and pigs overrun Southeast Asia, posing health risks
Overpopulation of wild animals poses a dual threat to humans and the environment.
Rare palm species discovered that they flower underground
Palm family (Arecaceae) to flower and fruit almost entirely underground.
Modest moss can store billions of tons of carbon
Plant life absorbs & transforms greenhouse gases to combat climate change..
Carbon beneficial forest management using innovative wood
Innovative wood use can enable carbon-beneficial forest management in California
The map of undiscovered life
Yale scientists have launched an even more ambitious and perhaps important project.
Climate change is altering forest structure, making forests less of a carbon sink
There are general observations of increasing tree mortality due to changing climate and land use, as well as observations of growth stimulation of younger...
Antarctica had rainforests 90 million years ago
Antarctica, which is entirely covered by ice sheets, was home to rainforests almost 90 million years ago, according to a new study by a...
Deforestation is changing the way monkeys communicate
New evidence on the impact of deforestation on animal communication.
Scientists discovered the world’s oldest forest
Modern trees emerged earlier than previously believed, new research reveals.
Degraded soils mean tropical forests may never fully recover from logging
Continually logging and re-growing tropical forests to supply timber is reducing the levels of vital nutrients in the soil, which may limit future forest...
New tree rings analysis method may open insights to past climate
Accounting for both climate change and natural disturbances—which typically result in greenhouse gas emissions—is necessary to begin managing forest carbon sequestration. Gaining a complete...
Sustainable use of forests mitigates climate change in many ways, study
Economical utilization of woodlands and biodiversity protection have a long-haul and far-reaching outcome for the fate of our planet. What is the ideal measure...