As climate change drives more frequent and severe wildfires across boreal forests in Alaska and northwestern Canada, ...

Young tropical forests play a crucial role in slowing climate change. Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, using ...

Tropical forests still absorb vast amounts of carbon, but new evidence suggests that small deforestation clearings cause ...

For many years, I lived in the Indian city of Chennai, where the summer temperatures can reach up to 44° C. With a population ...

What is the value of a tree? It can provide a cool place to rest in the shade, a snack in the form of fruit, lumber to build a home, and cleaner air. But trees are increasingly being prized for one ...

Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health.

Sooyeon Laura Jin is Forestry Officer (Policy & Governance), Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Nancy Aburto is Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition ...

Like people, leaves have their limits when it comes to heat. Scientists first reported in 1864 that the leaves of some plants could survive up to 50° Celsius, only to perish beyond that threshold.

A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term ...

University of California Cooperative Extension's statewide forestry network provides research-based solutions to natural ...

Australia's forests are losing trees more rapidly as the climate warms, a new study examining decades of data said Tuesday, ...