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Forests around the world are quietly transforming, and not for the better. A massive global analysis of more than 31,000 tree species reveals that forests are becoming more uniform, increasingly ...

The world’s forests form a vast network of carbon reservoirs, keeping carbon sequestered from the atmosphere where its presence is disrupting Earth’s climate systems. Many corporate, national and ...

ATLANTA, March 26, 2026 — Rising sea levels are contributing to a phenomenon called “ghost forests,” which are groups of dead and dying standing trees that have been drowned by intruding saltwater.