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Climbing plants disturb carbon storage in tropical forests

Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists have discovered that climbing vines are upsetting the carbon balance of tropical forests by crowding out and killing trees. Rainforests play a vital ...

Rising seas will drown mangrove forests

Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)

Mangrove forests around the Indo-Pacific region could be submerged by 2070, international research published this week says. Even with relatively low sea-level ...

Extreme Amazon weather could have global climate consequences

Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)

A new paper co-authored by WHRC scientists Philip Duffy and Paulo Brando evaluates the accuracy of current climate models and uses them to project future drough...

Smithsonian scientists say vines strangle carbon storage in tropical forests

Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)

Although useful to Tarzan, vines endanger tropical forests' capacity to store carbon. In a major experimental study in Panama, Smithsonian researchers showed th...

Broadleaf trees show reduced sensitivity to global warming

Oct 06, 2015 (SPX)

The sensitivity of leaf unfolding phenology to climate warming has significantly declined since 1980s, according to a study recently published in the journal Na...

Large trees - key climate influencers - die first in drought

Oct 06, 2015 (SPX)

In forests worldwide, drought consistently has had a more detrimental impact on the growth and survival of larger trees, new research shows. In addition, while ...

NASA/USGS Mission Helps Answer: What Is a Forest

Oct 06, 2015 (SPX)

Examining eight different satellite-derived maps of global forest cover, a team of scientists from NASA and other institutions noticed striking differences. The...

Study reveals answers for managing Guam's threatened native trees

Oct 06, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists in Guam have published a study they say can inform management decisions for conservation nurseries. The research from Thomas Marler and April Cascasa...

Tourists replace rebels as Sri Lanka national park blooms

Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)

Lokaiya Peremadasa shudders as he recalls the havoc Tamil rebels used to wreak on his beloved wildlife park during Sri Lanka's brutal 37-year-long civil war. "T...

Deep in Estonia's woods, Mother Nature gets a megaphone

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

Design students in Estonia have come up with a novel way to help nature lovers enjoy the sights and subtle sounds of their country's vast and cherished forests....

New forests cannot take in as much carbon as predicted

Sep 25, 2015 (SPX)

As carbon emissions continue to rise, scientists project forests will grow faster and larger, due to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, which fuels phot...

Blacklists protect the rainforest

Sep 25, 2015 (SPX)

Brazil's public authorities regularly publish "blacklists" of municipalities with high illegal deforestation rates. This environmental policy tool is working: s...

Global warming: are trees going on strike?

Sep 23, 2015 (AFP)

Trees, crucial absorbers of climate-harming carbon dioxide gas, may finally be balking at an ever-earlier spring season brought on by global warming, researcher...

Selectively logged Amazon forests play important role in climate

Sep 22, 2015 (SPX)

With careful management, selectively logged tropical Amazonian forests can recover their carbon stocks within a cutting cycle of 20 to 30 years, according to re...

Protected areas save mangroves, reduce carbon emissions

Sep 15, 2015 (SPX)

Protected areas not only keep significant swaths of Indonesia's shrinking mangrove habitats intact, but also prevent emissions of carbon dioxide that would have...

World has lost 3 percent of its forests since 1990

Sep 15, 2015 (SPX)

The globe's forests have shrunk by three per cent since 1990 - an area equivalent to the size of South Africa - despite significant improvements in conservation...

Tree planting can harm ecosystems

Sep 14, 2015 (SPX)

The world's grassy biomes are key contributors to biodiversity and ecosystem services, and are under immense pressure from conversion to agriculture and tree pl...

Forests key to climate change pact: Durban congress

Sep 11, 2015 (AFP)

Two major UN conferences on climate change and sustainable development must tackle the key issue of deforestation, the World Forestry Congress urged Friday. "Fo...

Breaking a vicious circle in once-lush Haiti

Sep 10, 2015 (AFP)

Every day, come rain or shine, Yvon Elie checks on the tens of thousands of seedlings that hope to herald a greener future for Haiti, a once-verdant land stripp...

Reviving extinct Mediterranean forests

Sep 09, 2015 (SPX)

The Mediterranean has cradled humanity and our cities, farms, domesticated animals, and logging habits for many thousands of years. During the last 5 to 8 mille...