Tropical forests are highly productive ecosystems, accounting for nearly half of the global forest carbon sink. If tropical forests can no longer remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the effects ...

Forest-floor litter, comprising fallen leaves, twigs and woody debris, represents a vital interface between living vegetation and soil processes. The dynamics of litter involve its input, accumulation ...

Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. Researchers are aware of how large herbivores cycle nutrients in forests. They know much less, ...

New findings from Canadian researchers reveal that human sounds near Alaska's salmon streams significantly disturb wildlife, ...

Abdul Wahab Khan Panaji Despite years of mining, deforestation, soil erosion and rapid development across the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats, Goa’s forest soil continues to show generally ...

Forests across the globe are witnessing remarkable transformations as scientists document unprecedented restoration efforts that are reshaping entire ecosystems. Despite facing alarming deforestation ...

The age-old question asks, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" While ...

China is home to some of the world’s important forest ecosystems and global biodiversity hotspots. However, the predominance of monoculture forests has left them highly susceptible to diseases and ...

“As humans, our everyday lives are sustained by the behaviors and interactions of forest organisms,” photographer David Herasimtschuk writes of old growth forests. “Yet, because these processes and ...

Forest ecosystems maintain productivity and carbon storage through the circulation of essential elements—chiefly carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and base cations such as calcium and magnesium ...