On the narrow isthmus of Panama, scientists discovered adding nitrogen to the soil doubled tree growth, providing new insights into forest restoration.

Tropical forests are among the planet’s most powerful natural climate tools, yet after logging or pasture use they can take decades to recover their biomass and biodiversity. New research suggests ...

Nitrogen boosts regrowth in tropical forests, accelerating recovery and helping young forests absorb more carbon dioxide.

Forests worldwide may be entering a new phase marked by fewer specialized tree species and more fast-growing generalists.

The air moving above the forest carries valuable information about how trees absorb carbon, and what may happen in the future as global temperatures rise Vanessa Crooks The forest breathes! There is a ...

Tropical forests are highly productive ecosystems accounting for nearly half of the global forest carbon sink. If tropical forests can no longer remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the effects ...

Dr. Zaiton Samdin is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and currently a Deputy Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products ...

Researchers have found that tropical forest ecosystems are more reliant on aquatic insects than temperate forest ecosystems, making them more vulnerable to disruptions to the links between land and ...

Tropical forests play a pivotal role in global carbon cycling and biodiversity conservation, yet they are increasingly exposed to the impacts of extreme weather events. Hurricanes and typhoons, as ...

Multi-institutional effort led by Berkeley Lab, called NGEE-Tropics, will couple field research with the development of a new ecosystem model Tropical forests play major roles in regulating Earth's ...