The recent flooding in Texas was a catastrophe. The US National Weather Service provided warnings and forecasts before the ...

Ecologists are concerned that forest ecosystems will not keep pace with a rapidly changing climate, failing to remain healthy ...

The Balkans have been pounded by storms, while wildfires broke out in Türkiye, Greece, Spain and France in the last week.

Declining snow accumulation in the mountains of the Northeastern U.S. will likely reduce the ability of forests to act as a ...

Forests are a crucial resource for carbon mitigation, currently offsetting around 20% of North American carbon emissions. As ...

The destruction of tropical rainforests — seen in shocking images of huge wildfires, vast clearcuts, and dying ...

Vessels in a tree’s xylem transport water from the roots to the rest of the plant. Hardwood tree species tend to have large ...

Naturally-regenerating forests are often ignored by policymakers working to curb climate change even though they hold an untapped potential to rapidly absorb planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere, ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still ...

New research from Boston University reveals that while warmer summers can speed up tree growth, declining snowpack may slow ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

A new study found trees in temperate forests aren’t as effective at absorbing carbon as some climate models assume.