However, these winners are outnumbered by those that struggle to thrive, especially in lowland areas. The research shows that younger trees, or recruits, display the most significant shifts in their ...

Tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to keep pace with climate change, raising concerns about their long-term ...

Less phone time = more trees Credit: mashable composite: forest I'm obsessed with my phone. Addicted to it, really. It's not something I'm proud of, but alas, it's true. I've tried my fair share ...

As climate change erases the Louisiana coast the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island thats been their family home for generations ...

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 ...

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 ...

Traits such as being deciduous, wood density, leaf thickness, and drought tolerance influence a tree’s ability to survive in a changing climate. Elevation matters: Mountainous forests show more rapid ...

Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. However, a major new study published in Science reveals that forests across the Americas are not ...

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 ...

Traits such as being deciduous, wood density ... Elevation matters: Mountainous forests show more rapid adaptation than lowland forests, likely due to greater climate variability.