A landmark study led by the University of Oxford has created the world’s first global map of tropical forests based on canopy traits, shedding light on the complex functional diversity of tree ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Tropical forests in the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, threatening their long-term resilience. While some tree species thrive due to ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits ...

At a bare floored restaurant on the edge of the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon, I asked the owner what there was to eat. She gestured to a poster on the wall. It was an illustrated guide of 44 ...

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 ...

A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate lightning strikes, but benefit from them. The ... Refining Siberia's Land Cover Data: A Leap Forward for Climate ...

Sustainable forest management is an important strategy for the conservation of tropical secondary forests. However, knowledge about their potential for timber production is scarce, especially in the ...