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Tree Die-Off Triggered by Hotter Temperatures
February 11, 2013 — Scientists have determined that the recent widespread die-off of Colorado trembling aspen trees is a direct result of decreased precipitation exacerbated by high summer temperatures. The die-off, ... > full story -
Lungs of the Planet Reveal Their True Sensitivity to Global Warming
February 6, 2013 — The amount of carbon dioxide that rainforests absorb, or produce, varies hugely with year-to-year variations in the climate. Climate scientists have shown that these variations reveal how vulnerable ... > full story -
Amazon Freshwater Ecosystems Are Vulnerable to Degradation
February 1, 2013 — Broadening of forest-centric focus to river catchment-based conservation framework is required: A new study found that freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon are highly vulnerable to environmental ... > full story -
Planting Trees May Not Reverse Climate Change, but It Will Help Locally
February 1, 2013 — Afforestation, planting trees in an area where there have previously been no trees, can reduce the effect of climate change by cooling temperate regions, a new study ... > full story -
Vegetation Changes in Cradle of Humanity: Study Raises Questions About Impact on Human Evolution
January 31, 2013 — What came first: the bipedal human ancestor or the grassland encroaching on the forest? A new analysis of the past 12 million years' of vegetation change in the cradle of humanity is challenging ... > full story -
24 New Species of Flower Fly Have Been Found in Central and Southern America
January 31, 2013 — Scientists have described twenty four new species of dipterans belonging to Quichuana genus, of which only a further 24 species were known. The researchers have been studying the forests of Central ... > full story -
Deforestation Triggers Carbon Collapse of Tropical Peatlands
January 30, 2013 — Deforested tropical peatlands are haemorrhaging carbon from deep within their peat soils, with consequences for the release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, according to new ... > full story -
Climate Change Projected to Alter Indiana Bat Maternity Range
January 28, 2013 — Scientists have forecast profound changes over the next 50 years in the summer range of the endangered Indiana bat. Researchers now discuss the findings of one of the first studies designed to ... > full story -
Stable Fisher Population Found in the Southern Sierra Nevada
January 28, 2013 — After experiencing years of population decline on the West Coast, a recent study examining fisher populations found that -- at least in the southern Sierra Nevada -- the animal's numbers appear to be ... > full story -
Shedding Light on Role of Amazon Forests in Global Carbon Cycle
January 28, 2013 — Scientists have devised an analytical method that combines satellite images, simulation modeling and painstaking fieldwork to help researchers detect forest mortality patterns and trends. This new ... > full story
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