Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The forest floor was nothing but patches of brown. No ferns, no brush, no flowers, ...

5 May 2023 - This month, the sustainable management of the world’s forests will take centre stage at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Officials from UN Member States, the UN system, ...

Walk into a forest, and most eyes go straight to the trees. Their trunks rise skyward, their crowns soak up sunlight, and their leaves store carbon. But the forest floor tells another story. Mosses – ...

Large intact forests and connected landscapes support biodiversity and ecosystem processes. Globally, more than half of the world’s forests became more fragmented between 2000 and 2020, according to a ...

Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane. Hop on a boat for a whale watching and wildlife viewing tour where you may spot humpback or killer whales. Ride the ...

Wooden brdige in the hiking loop around Ward Lake, Tongass National Forest. “The Tongass National Forest makes up over 90 percent of Southeast Alaska,” says Peter Nave, owner and lead guide of Wild ...

Discusses the temperate deciduous forest biome, highlighting its seasonal changes and the interdependence of plant and animal life. It explains the characteristics of the forest, including its layers ...

The United States has announced sweeping changes to encourage more logging in the country's national forests. A new emergency order requires rolling back environmental protections on almost 60% of the ...

A new study has introduced a powerful tool for analyzing satellite imagery of boreal forests (also known as 'Taiga' in North America), offering unprecedented insights into the health and dynamics of ...

A new global data set makes it possible to track near-real-time changes in several types of vegetation across different ecosystems, including grasslands, savannas, shrublands, croplands, temperate ...

Up to two thirds of the world's temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study. Up to two thirds of the world's temperate rainforests could fall ...

Autumn phenology serves as a sensitive indicator of temperate forests' response to climate change and is a key factor influencing forest carbon sequestration. Understanding the mechanisms driving the ...