The world's tropical forests, which provide a crucial buffer against climate change, disappeared faster than ever recorded last year, new satellite analysis suggests. Researchers estimate that ...

Despite diverse environmental conditions, tropical forests on different continents exhibit consistent patterns of tree diversity, suggesting possible universal mechanisms shaping these ecosystems.

Given poor logging practices are likely to continue in about 500 million hectares of tropical forest, efforts to promote responsible forestry deserve more attention. In our new report we recommend ...

Tropical forests are reaching critical thresholds due to climate change. Scientists have recently discovered a phenomenon occurring in tropical forests that could be of great concern if global ...

Recovering tropical forests offset just one quarter of carbon emissions from new tropical deforestation and forest degradation. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 1, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com ...

The area of tropical forest destroyed in 2021 was enough to cover the entire island of Cuba, and sent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as India does in an entire year from burning fossil ...

Regrown tropical forests may have short lifespans, says new study Many regenerate, only to be cut down again Date: March 18, 2022 Source: Columbia Climate School Summary: Preventing the re ...

GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Tropical forests have lived on Earth for longer than 400 million years, making them some of the oldest terrestrial environments ...

Forest traits Regrowing, so-called secondary forests recover surprisingly fast. According to Poorter, this indicates that there are large short-term benefits of natural tropical forest restoration ...