Did you know that forests cover almost one-third of all land on Earth? These large green areas are the lungs of our planet, ...

Young tropical forests play a crucial role in slowing climate change. Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, using photosynthesis to build it into their roots, trunks, and branches, where ...

This story originally appeared on Hakai and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Sathyamurthy N. was young, his family and fellow villagers from Edayanchavadi, Tamil Nadu, India, would ...

Tropical forest plant roots have not received as much research attention as aboveground vegetation. This knowledge gap affects our understanding of how rainforests adapt to change, including their ...

Globally, trees originating from high-rainfall tropical regions typically exhibit lower rates of light-saturated net CO2 assimilation (A) compared with those from high-rainfall temperate environments, ...