Buskin River State Recreation Site is one of Alaska’s best-kept secrets, which means you get all this natural beauty without ...

Andrew Hector received funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to carry out this research. Charlie Marsh received funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC ...

A research team led by the University of Oxford has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems.

Tropical forest clearance impacts biodiversity and function, whereas logging changes structure. Science , 2025; 387 (6730): 171 DOI: 10.1126/science.adf9856 Cite This Page : ...

Tree temperatures in tropical forests show distinct responses to external changes at leaf and crown levels, with crown temperatures being less sensitive due to canopy structure modulation ...

For example, removing trees in tropical regions can reduce rainfall because it changes the way water vapor forms over the forest canopy. Healthy forests help minimize extreme weather by regulating ...

Less than a quarter of the world's remaining tropical rainforest cover is in sufficiently good condition to ensure the survival of over 16,000 terrestrial vertebrate species, a recent study revealed. ...

Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the ...

Tiny Martinique boasts nine ecosystems — tropical rainforest, high altitude vegetation, semi-humid forest, dry forest, rocky coasts, beaches and sandy shores, seagrass beds, and reefs and rivers. With ...