Across the globe, up to 20 percent of tropical ... global rainforest challenges,” Covey says. “Widespread deforestation paired with a rapidly changing climate are notably impacting ecosystem ...

But today this rare and precious ecosystem, mostly located in international ... it especially fast – at a rate 35 times that of tropical rainforest. As such, it is existentially crucial to ...

Widely considered the most active part of the rainforest, the canopy is the 20-or-so-foot-thick layer of treetops that essentially form the roof of the ecosystem, more than 100 feet above the ground.

as refuge for the tropical rainforest. To the north of the Reserve, the granite rocky outcrops, provide refuge to a plant species particularly adapted to this microclimate, characterised by numerous ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The unprecedented find was made in Brunei, a country on the large island of Borneo ...

Eighteen football pitches every minute of every hour of every day: that is the record extent of tropical rainforest destroyed last year due in large measure to fires fuelled by climate change ...

We are losing tropical forests at a staggering rate, but there is a proven way to effectively stop this. It's cheap, simple, and can be scaled up to cover much of the tropics. More for You ...

This fossil leaf of a Kapur Paya tree (Dryobalanops rappa) from Brunei is the first fossil record of an endangered tropical tree species. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For the first time, scientists ...

AccuWeather said the potential for tropical development exists between May 15 and May 22. Some downpours could reach South Florida. Chances for development all depend on the Central American Gyre.

AccuWeather forecasters are warning the first tropical storm of the year could spin up in May before the official start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane season officially starts ...