The Amazon rainforest, one of the largest remaining tropical rainforests on our planet, faces several threats that are slowly damaging its rich biodiversity. Illegal logging, rapidly increasing global ...

Trees across the Amazon rainforest are growing larger in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to a major new study. The research, published in the Nature Plants ...

Trees of all sizes across the Amazon rainforest are getting fatter due to climate change, a new study shows. Rising carbon dioxide (CO 2) concentrations in the atmosphere have created a more ...

The forests of the world were suffering from the effects of global warming, but the Amazon might be flourishing. A new study found that the trees in the Amazon rainforest were increasing in size with ...

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National Museum of Kenya has discovered a new species of tree growing in the ...

Carbon finance is at the forefront of global climate negotiations, with many countries now firmly acknowledging the imperative for developed nations to support developing ones. The $100 billion per ...

For decades, scientists and conservationists have been using aboveground plant biodiversity as a metric for conserving ecosystems. Now, a new study finds that there is a major mismatch between ...

While lightning is a fascinating phenomenon, it's also infamous in its capacity for destruction and the danger it poses to life. Each year, lightning claims hundreds of millions of trees worldwide, ...

One of the field sites was in an old growth forest in Australia’s Daintree Rainforest, at the James Cook University Observatory. Termites — infamous for their ability to destroy wood — are rarely ...

Whether in a desert, the savanna, or a tropical rainforest, plants have an important role in the ecological processes of Earth’s biomes. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore these ...

When Taylor Guitars acquired an ebony mill in Cameroon to supply wood for their renowned acoustic guitars, owner Bob Taylor wanted to give back by planting new trees, even knowing they could take ...