A massive global analysis found that nitrogen pollution can either speed up or dramatically slow the natural "breathing" of ...

Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health. But it's hard to imagine an entire forest in the middle of a big city.

Researchers at Northern Arizona University and the Smithsonian found an unconventional method to understand how rainforests will survive with climate change—making tea with living leaves at the top of ...

The world's forests form a vast network of carbon reservoirs, keeping carbon sequestered from the atmosphere where its ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Forests influence climate not only by storing carbon but by cooling the air, moderating extreme temperatures, and regulating water flows in ways ...

ATLANTA, March 26, 2026 — Rising sea levels are contributing to a phenomenon called “ghost forests,” which are groups of dead and dying standing trees that have been drowned by intruding saltwater.

The boreal forest, or taiga, represents the world’s largest terrestrial biome, spanning northern Eurasia and North America. Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns are altering ...

Climate change could eliminate up to 91% of South America’s cloud forests by 2070 under a high-emissions scenario; even the most optimistic projections show significant losses. Because cloud forests ...

As large floods occur more frequently worldwide, many wonder what led to such devastating events. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, improper land management and forest removal increase ...