When a record-breaking drought and heat wave swept across China's Yangtze River Basin in 2022, forests across the region faced an extreme test. The event provided a rare opportunity for researchers to ...

Forests are key to mitigating climate change through carbon absorption. Research supports forest management, like reforestation, for carbon sequestration. Yet, the impact of managed forests on soil ...

California’s wildfires are destroying forests faster than the state can replant them, and federal cuts are making the gap ...

The world’s forests are losing their big, old trees, rendering those forests shorter and younger on average, according to new research. These old growth trees, which provide vital habitat for wildlife ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Beyond timber, forests sustain entire economies as roughly 5.8 billion people depend on ...

A July 2026 PLOS Water study found that forest logging and road-building under Trump's roadless rule repeal could threaten ...

Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for ...

When the boreal forests of Canada catch on fire, no one can do anything about it in many cases. The forests are part of Earth ...

After devastating fires turned their forest into a moonscape, members of the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu found evidence of ...