Nitrogen shortage limits young tropical forest growth, slowing carbon capture that could help fight climate change.

Biologists who set out to better understand the effects of climate change on plant species in tropical mountain regions found that even small variations in temperature and moisture can have massive ...

Environmental research in the tropics is heavily skewed, according to a comprehensive study led by Umeå University. Humid ...

Tropical forests still absorb vast amounts of carbon, but new evidence suggests that small deforestation clearings cause ...

Tropical rainforests represent one of our planet’s most critical natural assets in the fight against climate change, storing approximately 25% of all terrestrial carbon despite covering just 6% of ...

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions that haven't been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years. Subscribe to ...

Extreme heat driven by climate change has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38 per cent since the 1950s, scientists have warned. A first-of-its-kind analysis published in the ...

From deadly floods to billion-dollar wildfires, 2025 made it painfully clear that climate extremes are the new normal.

Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Thursday night as a massive Category 4 hurricane-- the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend on record. The area, still reeling from ...