A comprehensive understanding of how forest ecosystems react to climate change is crucial for reforestation initiatives, such as selecting species adapted to future climate conditions (Harger, 1993).
Deforestation is a problem almost everywhere, but it's especially damaging in the tropics. Rainforests in these regions cover just 2% of Earth's total surface area and yet house half of the world ...
Amazon Rainforest is the world's largest tropical forest which covers 5.5 million square kilometers in the African continent across the 9 countries. Taiga also known as Boreal Forest and is the ...
In most of the world’s temperate forests, however, the current cohort of young forest trees – those sprouting in the past 15 to 20 years – has managed to establish itself under conditions ...
Britain’s threatened rainforests will make an appearance at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, with a garden dedicated to the lost, wet woods of the west. The Wildlife Trusts is creating a garden with ...
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Large parts of the UK are facing heavy snow and freezing rain on Sunday, with the Met Office warnings of "treacherous conditions" in some places for travellers. An amber warning for snow and rare ...
An amber warning for snow and ice, with the risk of freezing rain, covers most of Wales and central England until midday on Sunday. Freezing rain, which makes up what are commonly known as ice ...