Provides an introduction to Earth's biomes, explaining how they are communities of living organisms shaped by climate and geography. Key factors influencing biomes include light and water availability ...

New research from Kelly Zamudio at The University of Texas at Austin and an international team finds climate change threatens ...

Tribal ways of life and a treasure trove of biodiversity are too high a price to pay for Great Nicobar Island’s ...

World's first mission to map the globe's forests in 3D from space will use cutting edge technology to inform climate change ...

Tropical coastal forests known as mangroves are known for being the first “buffer zones” in coastal systems. New research ...

During my 2023-24 IIE Rodman C. Rockefeller Centennial Fellowship research in eastern Panama, I walked through my neighbor ...

A new report from the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) and Fundación Solón explains what is known so far about the TFFF and highlights many questions that are cause for alarm. These include whether ...

A satellite conceived at the University of Sheffield and developed by British academics and engineers is set to become the ...

Led by COP30 host Brazil, 12 countries are finalising a fund that aims to raise US$125 billion for tropical forest ...

Analysis - Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in. Until recently, the dominant ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.