Category: Ecosystems
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Can Forest Plantings Control Global Warming?
Foresting all or half the world's cropland reduced global temperatures in 2100 by 0.45 °C and 0.25 °C respectively.
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More Tropical Forests Managed Sustainably
The world's tropical forests are better managed now than five years ago, concludes a survey by the International Tropical Timber Organisation
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The role of trees and forests in the prevention of landslides
Understanding the roles that trees and forests can play in preventing landslides is increasingly important as sloping areas in Asia are further developed and the impacts of climate change affect the region.
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Endangered Amazon Fish A Forest Savior
The Amazon's big fish poop seeds far from where they eat fruit, helping to maintain the genetic diversity of the tropical forest, according to new research that shines light on a little-studied mechanism of seed dispersal.
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Animal Migrations Determined By Landscape
We now know some of the landscape factors that we can look at to determine the best way to manage habitat for endangered or threatened species.
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Magnificent mycrorrhizae
The intimate relationship of mycorrhizae and plants has evolved over the past 400 billion years
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North America’s Animal Garden Champs
Can we heal the prairie without the bison, or do they play a key role?
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What Is Lost When Tropical Peat Forests Are Lost
Southeast Asia boasts nearly 250,000 square kilometers of peat swamp forests, which host creatures such as orangutans and the world's smallest fish, and store vast quantities of carbon. But these peat swamps are in trouble, according to a new study of deforestation in the region.
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Having trouble seeing the forest for the trees?
The full dataset, available at whrc.org/nbcd, contains information on the height of forests, the amount of vegetation aboveground and the amount of carbon stored in that biomass. The 2000 baseline should help researchers monitor changes in forest cover over time
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Species Relationships Matter More Than Species Extinction
The most insidious kind of extinction… is the loss of interactions…