A recent study from Brazil shows that heat stress is disrupting a critical component of photosynthesis in tree species found in the Amazon and Cerrado belt. Leaves heat up faster than the ambient air, ...

The hours of recordings, now available to the public, can be used to monitor species and detect elephant poachers. Fifty microphones captured a cacophony of sounds from Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki National ...

One of the great environmental issues of today is deforestation, with millions of hectares of forest lost across the planet in the past 30 years. This deforestation affects not only people living in ...

Rainforests are far more vulnerable than predicted in the past, researchers find, warning areas that are disturbed or fragmented lack resilience to climate warming and drought KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 ...

They are home to millions of indigenous people whose lives, livelihoods and cultures are directly linked to forest health. And yet approximately 67,000 square kilometres of tropical forests ...

The new Tropical Forest Vulnerability Index (TFVI) will use satellite data to assess the impact of growing threats such as land clearance and rising temperatures on forests. Backed by the National ...

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1061806978/1200394599" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player ...

Some leaves in tropical forests from South America to South East Asia are getting so hot they may no longer be able to photosynthesize, with big potential consequences for the world’s forests, ...