Forests around the world are taking longer to recover from severe wildfires – potentially indicating forest decline, according to a new study.

New research from the University of Bremen reveals that tropical soils may release far more carbon dioxide than previously ...

The Amazon rainforest is able to endure decades of intense drought. Doing so means losing many trees, releasing stored carbon into the air.

Globally, soils store more than twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. Therefore, carbon uptake and release by soils constitutes a strong regulator of atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas ...

The Tropical Forests Forever Facility, an initiative spearheaded by Brazil, would raise money from investments and pay countries to preserve forests – can it succeed where carbon markets have failed?

The Kinabatangan River is the last major area in Malaysian Borneo’s Sabah state with a semblance of forest corridor linking ...

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer ...

Long-term drought could cause ‘profound change’ in Amazon rainforest – study - Researchers believe climate change may cause ...

In the heart of the dense Amazonian jungle, researchers are realizing that what was long believed to be an untouched ...

Carolina Brandani, Ph.D., is committed to connecting soil conservation with agricultural practices as a new Texas A&M ...

A pandemic of lianas is sweeping through tropical forests, reducing their ability to store carbon and limiting their role in ...

Chen adds: “More concerningly, the adverse impacts of changing environmental conditions – especially rising temperatures and soil moisture deficits ... a growing fire deficit.” Fire in a tropical ...