Talking about the flora of Jammu & Kashmir, he said that it is home to an awe-inspiring range of eco-systems ranging from lush sub-tropical forests to pristine alpine meadows. Recognizing this, Jammu ...

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. The Western ...

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each ...

Introduction: Subtropical forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle, and their carbon balance response mechanism to climate change not only has important theoretical value, but also ...

Lowland forests, which are experiencing higher temperature increases and greater drought stress, are showing stronger changes than montane forests. While some species are adapting, others are dying at ...

Once covering a significant portion of the country, forests have been steadily shrinking since the 1600s as human settlement expanded westward. New research by Earth System Science Data reveals ...

SYDNEY: Australia ordered thousands of people in its eastern regions to evacuate before Tropical Cyclone Alfred hits land on Saturday (Mar 8), as the storm brought heavy rain, huge waves and ...

From an early age he gathered wood from the forests and he and his siblings would then bring the split wood to their granny's home. Cruz said when he was younger tribal members used to go into the ...

However, a major new study published in Science reveals that forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to keep pace with climate change, raising concerns about their long-term ...

Cloud forests are strange and ghostly places — akin to coral reefs hidden high on tropical mountains. Stunted trees loom in the mist, gnarled trunks and branches crusted in moss, lichens ...

Table 1. Species-level and network-level indices in the subtropical montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forest (STF) and tropical lowland seasonal rain forest (TRF). The number of interacting ...