tropical conservation science

Top Tweets
Demonstrators hold signs supporting science on a rainy day, with the US Capitol building in background.
Aerial view of rows of solar panels lined up on a green field.
Closeup of the FEMA webpage.
Power station smokestacks with pollution billowing from the top.
tropical trees climate impacts

Tropical trees’ growth and CO2 intake hit by more extreme dry seasons

A new study has found that dry seasons that are warmer and drier than usual can stunt the growth of tropical trees, causing them to take in less carbon dioxide.

Newsletter
Forests scramble to absorb carbon as emissions continue to increase

Forests scramble to absorb carbon as emissions continue to increase

Forests around the world are absorbing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but they still can't keep up with the sheer volume of the global-warming gas being emitted through human activity, a new study has found.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE