When people think of rainforests, they usually picture tropical jungles near the equator. But certain places outside the tropics receive enough rainfall to support rainforest-like ecosystems. In the ...

A. The rain forest project -- A-1. Radioecology at the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center / H.J. Gomberg -- A-2. The rain forest and man : an introduction / Howard T. Odum -- B. The rain forest at El Verde -- ...

From a bird's eye view, the Amazon rainforest appears as a lush green mosaic of treetops stretching as far as the eye can see ...

Unfortunately, we are all well aware of the number of species under threat or in decline. Birds are displaced due to ...

A short walk beneath the dense Amazon canopy, the forest abruptly opens up. Fallen logs are rotting, the trees grow sparser, and the temperature rises in places sunlight hits the ground. This is what ...

When and how quickly can ecosystems "tip" and how will they develop in the future? Researchers from the University of Potsdam, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and the Technical ...

From glacier-capped volcanoes to windswept deserts from lush rainforests to sparkling city skylines Washington may be the most geographically dramatic state.

The land surface is not passive within the climate system. It doesn't simply respond to changes in meteorological conditions or uses, such as deforestation. Instead, land changes can also feed back ...

The Upper Hoh Rain Forest road is finally set to open again. That means that Washington’s iconic temperate rainforest, one of the most-visited parts of Olympic National Park, will reopen on Thursday, ...

Deforestation in the Amazon has been identified as the main driver of declining rainfall, responsible for nearly three-quarters of the drop in dry-season precipitation since the mid-1980s. Between ...