Planting trees on 6.4 million hectares of northern taiga forest could remove 3.9 gigatons of CO2 by 2100 — five times ...

Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the ...

A researcher holds a Hawaiian forest bird during a project to study the transmission of avian malaria in the wild. PC: Christa Seidl and Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project. Nearly ...

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine of Florida has introduced legislation that could eventually lead to designating the vast Ocala National Forest and surrounding springs as a national park. But at this point, he is ...

Forest soils have an important role in protecting our climate: They remove large quantities of methane—a powerful greenhouse ...

The U.S. Forest Service is facing scrutiny after a scientific study questioned its methods of wildfire management. The study, published by the international science journal Fire, proposes that the ...

A study shows that forests in 15 tropical countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America managed by Indigenous peoples and local communities are associated with improved outcomes for carbon storage, ...

As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants ...