Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh is presenting “Tropical Forest Panama,” which immerses visitors in the nature, culture and interconnectedness of the Panamanian forest system.

The data reveals an estimated 6.7 million hectares of tropical primary forest were lost last year — nearly double the area destroyed in 2023. The scale of the loss is staggering, equating to ...

Tropical forests can withstand around 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 Fahrenheit) of additional global warming before they reach a tipping point in terms of their ability to photosynthesize, according to ...

But their modeling warns that if nothing is done to curb global warming, that percentage will increase in the future, and rampant leaf death and tree loss could possibly occur if tropical forests ...

A 17-year-long study in forests of the Barro Colorado Natural Monument determined that the nutrients in leaf litter help promote tree growth in otherwise infertile tropical forest soils.

The sites were analyzed based on 12 attributes of tropical forests such as density of the forest, soil nutrient contents, leaf area, and tree diameter.

Together those experiments helped the team behind the new study characterize the temperature at which photosynthesis generally stops in a tropical tree’s leaf: around 46.7 degrees Celsius.

2. This is the level of ambition we’ve been waiting for The $1 billion commitment by LEAF represents the largest-ever investment in tropical forests from the private sector.

Byttneria aculeata (Sterculiaceae), a subcanopy liane with a shrubby juvenile form has two distinct leaf color morphs in juvenile plants -- a given juvenile has plain green leaves or leaves with ...