Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they ...

The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, covering an area roughly the size of Australia. And yet it and other large ecosystems could be gone within our lifetime. In a new paper published ...

Both biotic factors (microbial biomass and leaf nutrients) and abiotic factors (climate, soil properties, and elevation) play ...

Three new faculty members in the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology brings distinct expertise to strengthen the ...

Scanning forests with lasers can provide three-dimensional models of forests, creating a unique way to look at these ecosystems. Researchers at the University of Helsinki are pioneers in applying this ...

Soil contamination is a global environmental concern, with toxic metals and metalloids from industrial activities persisting ...

Arsenic leaking from abandoned gold mines can harm forest ecosystems by entering soils and affecting soil organisms. In a ...

The Amazon rainforest could turn into a grassy savannah within 49 years of reaching an ecological tipping point, scientists have warned. A team of researchers found that once they start collapsing, ...

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The Rainforest Alliance is moving beyond its long-standing sustainable certification with the rollout of a new Regenerative ...