Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils ...

Forests worldwide may be entering a new phase marked by fewer specialized tree species and more fast-growing generalists.

There are many different types of forests with different types of trees. Learn more about a few types of forests and the trees that populate them. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

After analyzing 40 years of tree records across the Andes and Amazon, researchers found that climate change is reshaping ...

A forty-year study shows climate change is reshaping Amazon and Andean forests, with uneven tree gains and losses across ...

The mortality rate of trees in forests from Tasmania to the Top End is increasing as the world warms, according to a new study. Scientists suspect this rising death rate is part of a global trend but ...

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Preserving the diversity of forests assures their productivity and potentially increases the accumulation of carbon and nitrogen in the soil, which helps to sustain soil fertility and mitigate global ...

Climate change is quietly rearranging the Amazon and Andes—winners and losers are emerging, and the Northern Andes may hold ...

Across the American West, what looks like a leafy success story of fast-growing shade and windbreaks is doubling as a vast, ...

Climate change, deforestation, and habitat loss are promoting increasingly uniform forests, where fast-growing tree species ...