Extreme heat, drought and ozone from fire emissions are devastating the Amazon and other rainforests, new research shows.
On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest ...
In a study published in the journal Plant and Soil, researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have shown that mixed larch and deciduous forests are more ...
A field experiment in a subtropical Chinese plantation shows that inorganic and organic nitrogen additions alike reduce soil ...
A massive global analysis found that nitrogen pollution can either speed up or dramatically slow the natural "breathing" of forest soils, depending on the ecosystem's condition. The results reveal ...
About 16% of Singapore's land area is covered by secondary forest, and several of those areas face development pressure.
Tiny plastic particles aren’t just choking oceans and cities—they’re quietly infiltrating forests too. Scientists discovered that most microplastics arrive through the air, settling onto treetops ...
On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her the next morning in the surrounding mangrove forests.
Scientists from across the Amazon have delivered to Pope Leo XIV a briefing on mercury pollution in the region—documents that ...