Half of the world's forests were destroyed during the 20th century, with three regions mainly affected: South America, West ...

Maps showing the distribution of vertical gap and complex canopy patches identified from our LIDAR metrics demonstrate that the pattern of open space in tropical rain forests is linked to forest ...

If pushed too far, vast stretches of tropical rainforest could see widespread tree deaths, or could transition to a new state, becoming drier, savanna-like woodlands. That would devastate some of ...

A landmark study led by the University of Oxford has created the world’s first global map of tropical forests based ... information to map the distribution of canopy functional traits.

The Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Scenic Road opens to the public on Dec 29. [Photo by Li Tianping/For chinadaily.com.cn] The Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Scenic Road ...

Map of Life is a global database that tracks the distribution of known species ... the competition’s six finalist teams were asked to survey 100 hectares of tropical rainforest near Manaus, Brazil, in ...

The coal layers in Vastan are nothing but a spectacularly fossilised tropical rainforest containing a huge amount of plant and pollen remains as well as variety of mammals and insects that lived ...

NOW I WANT TO GET YOU BACK TO THE TROPICS BECAUSE WE OFFICIALLY NOW HAVE TROPICAL DEPRESSION 18. WINDS OF 35MPH. LATER ON TODAY, FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM, WHICH WOULD THEN BE RAFAEL.

We also explored whether these species-topography associations changed, in terms of species’ AGB distribution, during each of the ... may be better suited in different tropical rainforest topographies ...

Debby is the tropical system that won't stop giving – rainfall that is – trillions and trillions of gallons are falling as the former hurricane meanders up the East Coast. As of Friday ...

Tropical Storm Debby is expected to strengthen into hurricane status before it makes landfall in Florida on Monday with a current track that includes the coastal areas of Georgia and South Carolina.