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 ...

Gabon is home to one of the most pristine rainforests on the planet—devoid of people and intact in most places, while rich in animals and plants. The Gabonese forests are representative of 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 ...

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Forests with multiple tree species store significantly more carbon than monocultures, even under extreme weather conditions. Data from a long-term tropical tree ...

In their study published in the journal Nature Sustainability, the group analyzed a decade's worth of satellite imagery of Brazil's Atlantic Forest region. Finding more time on their hands during ...

The tank is located in the Kanakagiri reserve forest block of Tallada range of Sathupally division in the district. The deciduous bamboo forest is spread over an area of 14,422 hectares. It is located ...

Pine Forest Moor Hut, privately operated by guiding group the Tasmanian Walking Company, has been confirmed as destroyed by fire. Tasmania's fire service says "challenging and changeable ...

However, to date, it is unclear how leaf Chl content varies among plant species, plant functional groups (PFGs), and communities in natural forests, especially at a large scale ... and herbs), growth ...