The Amazon rainforest currently has a few days or weeks of hot drought conditions per year, but researchers say this could ...
Most of us know pine forests are different than jungles. There's a reason the world's forests are so distinct, yet there are ...
A forest with high tree-species diversity is better at buffering heat peaks in summer and cold peaks in winter than a forest with fewer tree species. This is the result of a study led by researchers ...
Wildfires may disappear from the landscape within weeks, but their hidden effects on the soil can persist for decades. An ...
Known as the “hypertropics,” this climate is defined by hot drought conditions—and hasn’t been seen on Earth for tens of ...
A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, ...
As the global climate warms and the dry season lengthens, signs of a shift towards a hypertropical climate pattern are ...
The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions ...
Forests have shifted from absorbing carbon to becoming a net carbon source after 2010 due to extensive losses of tropical ...
Much of the conservation and climate change spotlight falls on tropical forests. Given this, people might forget that forests in the temperate areas—those found in large parts of North America, Europe ...