New research shows that the effects of wolves on the recovery of aspen has been exaggerated by how it was measured. It’s an environmental success…
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Tropical forests regularly appear in the news as the front line of climate change and human sustainability challenges. They are some of the most threatened…
Brazilian Amazonia, in the Riozinho da Liberdade Extractive Reserve, in the state of Acre. Credit: André Nunes Consuming sustainably sourced wild meat instead of domesticated…
The aquatic life of the San Pedro Mártir River in Tabasco, Mexico, finds refuge in the submerged roots of the red mangrove forests. Credit: Octavio…
Deadwood Releasing 10.9 Gigatons of Carbon Every Year – More Than All Fossil Fuel Emissions Combined
Deadwood Releasing 10.9 Gigatons of Carbon Every Year – More Than All Fossil Fuel Emissions Combined
Credit: Australian National University Decaying wood releases around 10.9 gigatons of carbon worldwide every year, according to a new study by an international team of…
September 15, 2021 In the midst of another brutal fire season, several of California’s natural treasures have also been threatened. In the midst of another brutal…
A relatively new way of analyzing tree rings has allowed researchers to reconstruct temperatures in Mongolia since 1269 C.E. The new reconstruction confirms that since…
Princeton UniversityFounded in 1746, Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey and the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in…
In Yosemite’s Illilouette Creek basin, a stand of young Sierra lodgepole pine grow in a forest clearing that was created by wildfire 20 years prior.…
A first global assessment using satellite observations shows that for two-thirds of the world, afforestation increases low-level cloud cover, with the effect being strongest over…
This map shows the above ground biomass in Russia, using data generated by ESA’s Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Biomass project. Credit: ESA (data source: CCI…
A rainforest in Malaysia. Credit: Wikimedia Common A new index shows that the world’s rainforests are responding differently to threats like a warming climate and…
New research shows genome duplication in the ancestor of modern gymnosperms, a group of seed plants that includes cypresses and pines, might have directly contributed…
This image shows the rainforest and Ndoki River near Mbeli and Mokeli. Researchers reporting in the journal One Earth on July 23 have developed a…
Harpy Eagle. Harpy eagles (Harpia harpyja) — which are among the world’s largest eagle species — struggle to feed offspring in heavily deforested areas of…
Rainclouds moving over the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Jessica Baker Amazon rain forests could be at far higher risk of extreme drought than previously thought, according…
This image shows a forest giving off moisture into the air, or transpiring. When combined with moisture that evaporates from the land, both processes drive…
Some climate activists advocate large-scale tree-planting campaigns in forests around the world to suck up heat-trapping carbon dioxide and help rein in climate change. But…
Study on declining biodiversity in Tibet’s mountainous regions in response to climate change. Normally, mountain forests are among the most diverse habitats in alpine regions.…
The first TanSat global SIF map was constructed using a data-driven method based on the SVD (singular value decomposition) technique. Credit: TanSat team Solar-induced chlorophyll…