The author should be contacted directly for interview requests. WASHINGTON — A new study presents the first large-scale analysis of fire patterns in west and central Africa’s wet, tropical forests.

Tropical forests, often described as the lungs of the planet, may be edging closer to a dangerous threshold as droughts ...

Typical representation of the understorey layer in dry and wet Miombo. Where ‘a’, ‘b’ and ‘c’ are respectively SK1, H3 and Z1. While ‘d’, ‘e’ and ‘f’ are respectively M2, M1 and M3. These pictures ...

Africa's forests that were once considered a powerful ally against climate change have changed sides. Trees in Africa have flipped from being carbon absorbers to carbon emitters, a shift scientists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. monkeys in the trees in the Andrefana Dry Forests A trip to Madagascar’s Andrefana Dry Forests is like stepping into an ancient ...

In the pantheon of endangered ecosystems, tropical dry forests are seldom granted a leading role. They lack the lush mystique of rainforests and the climatic extremes of deserts. Yet these vanishing ...

Researchers policymakers, and civil society gathered at the African Urban Forest Forum in Johannesburg to discuss the role of urban forests in African cities. The forum centered on how trees can make ...

African forests are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, a fundamental shift that will make it more difficult for the world to cut its net emissions to zero. Forests and shrubby ...