That's because palm trees have distinctive features that make them resistant to storm damage, Maria Uriarte, a forest ecologist at Columbia University, told Insider.

Panic-stricken Californians raced to escape mudslides and climbed trees to safety from dangerous floodwaters as historic Tropical Storm Hilary barreled through the region, leaving scenes of ...

In Borneo, this is predominantly for plantations of oil palm trees used to produce palm oil, approximately three-quarters of which are located where pristine forest grew in the 1970s.

The study ‘Tropical forest clearance impacts biodiversity and function whereas logging changes structure’ will be published in Science on 19:00 GMT / 14:00 ET Thursday 9 January 2025, DOI: 10. ...

Can forest-degradation thresholds be identified to assess whether logged sites have conservation value? A long-term multi-species study reveals the effects on biodiversity when tropical forests ...

Palm trees are a staple of New Orleans' tropical landscapes. Here, festival-goers lounge in the palm trees in Jackson Square during the first day of French Quarter Fest in April, 2023.

Found on every continent except Antarctica, rainforests are ecosystems filled with mostly evergreen trees that typically receive high amounts of rainfall. Tropical rainforests are found near the ...

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The palms were tall, dramatic, and tropical, swaying gently in LA’s warm breeze – or bending horizontally with the gusty Santa Anas. A century later, it’s hard to imagine LA without these trees. But ...