There is something almost hypnotic about watching a forest burn. The scale of it. The violence. And yet, when the smoke ...

As large floods occur more frequently worldwide, many wonder what led to such devastating events. Greenhouse gas emissions ...

Restoring forests, wetlands and peatlands could help defend national borders as well as tackle climate change, according to ...

A tropical forest can regrow quickly. What is harder to see is how long full ecological recovery takes. A pasture left to ...

Dozens of U.S. Forest Service facilities will close in 31 states following the plan to restructure the agency.

At one time, Ohio was about 95% forested. Through the years, that number dropped to as low as 5% in the last century before ...

The Bartlett Experimental Forest is one of more than 50 research centers being shuttered by the agency. The state’s other ...

The world’s forests are simultaneously climate powerhouses and victims, sucking carbon from the air while facing myriad global warming impacts—from wildfires to pest outbreaks. Recent research found ...

Earth’s vast northern forests may be doing far more to slow climate change than scientists once realized. New research from Sweden shows that untouched, old-growth boreal forests store dramatically ...

Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources says it will take at least 5 years for the forests to be restored after last ...

One of the most widespread types of forest in Australia’s high country is facing an existential threat. We need bold action ...