New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...

The course brings students directly into the heart of the dynamic interactions between coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass ...

Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global ...

Tropical coastal forests known as mangroves are known for being the first “buffer zones” in coastal systems. New research shows they may also be resilient to hurricane damage and capture more carbon ...

In 2006, the Brazilian government passed the Atlantic Forest Law, which banned most tree cutting in the country's Atlantic Forest region. Four years later, the team of researchers began monitoring ...

Global warming could push tropical forests to a point where photosynthesis fails and trees die. The ramifications are huge, scientists say. Global warming could cause leaf photosynthesis to fail ...

A recently published study in the journal BioScience reveals that endangered longleaf pine ecosystems—among North America's ...

Post-tropical Cyclone Sandy left a ghost forest of white cedar in New Jersey in 2012. In the Chesapeake Bay region, more than 80,000 acres of forest have turned to marsh in the last 150 years.

This type of forest can absorb four times more carbon than traditional tropical forests on land. Therefore, the protection, development and expansion of coastal forests including mangrove forests are ...

The alternate names are tropical rain forest and selva. The average weather is warm and very moist winters with hot and very moist summers. There are a vast array of species of trees.

Tropical Gardening: Dryland forests’ protection often forgotten – Features, Hawaii News | West Hawaii Today ...