So you just bought a tropical houseplant. Before you go full steam ahead, it's important to acclimate it to the new ...

Tropical soils highly sensitive to global warming, warn researchers. Global warming is likely to cause a decline in the number of species of microbes that live in tropical soils which could ...

The flooding in Texas has a few different factors involved in the deadly flash flooding that occurred over the weekend. First ...

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

New resident. The bacterium at hand is Burkholderia pseudomallei, which lives in the soil and water of tropical and subtropical regions and causes rare but dangerous sporadic infections.The areas ...

Plant roots fuel tropical soil animal communities Research team led by Göttingen University reveals that living roots are as important as dead leaves to sustain ...

Climate models show that tropical soils are warming rapidly and are susceptible to climate change, according to a groundbreaking experiment on Barro Colorado Island in Panama by researchers from ...

More information: Vera D. Meyer et al, Dominant control of temperature on (sub-)tropical soil carbon turnover, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59013-9.

New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...

Foundation plantings are like spandex garments. They smooth out bumpy features and add a dressy look. Though the lovely ...

After a jam-packed week that featured dual tropical storms affecting Texas and the Desert Southwest, another tropical threat may be brewing for U.S. soil. Meteorologists are tracking a disturbance ...

NEW YORK – A germ that causes a rare and sometimes deadly disease — long thought to be confined to tropical climates — has been found in soil and water in the continental United States, U.S ...