Plants and forests
The clearing of forests for growing rubber “has been substantially underestimated” in figures used to develop policy on deforestation, new resear... Read More
Scientists’ understanding of how climate change and habitat loss could drive plant and fungi extinctions is being hamstrung by knowledge gaps in ho... Read More
Recent drying over the Amazon could be the “first warning signal” that the rainforest is approaching a tipping point, new research says. The A... Read More
Temperatures high enough to cause “irreversible damage” to a plant’s ability to photosynthesise are already impacting a small portion of tropic... Read More
Human-ignited fires play a decisive role in shaping the Amazon’s future, potentially locking more than three-quarters of the rainforest into a “t... Read More
Many countries rely on tree planting to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet future climate targets. Nature and trees have been hailed as... Read More
There will be a significant loss in the benefits that European forests provide for humans and nature this century, concludes new research. H... Read More
Recovering forests can offset around a quarter of the emissions generated from deforestation in humid tropical regions, according to a new study.&nbs... Read More
The reduction of humid regions in a warming climate could cause "substantial carbon loss" across the tropics by the end of the century, a new study f... Read More
Only 5% of net forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon occurs in Indigenous territories and protected areas – even though these areas contain more than... Read More
Logged tropical forests are a net source of carbon emissions for at least one decade after being degraded, according to new research. Tropical for... Read More
