New research shows warming tropical soils release far more carbon dioxide, risking faster global climate change.

Chapman University researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and others, published a study in Nature Communications showing that warming tropical rainforest soils release vast amounts ...

A new study led by the U.S. Forest Service, with Chapman University as a key senior collaborator, published in Nature ...

By Claire Asher Climate warming could cause much greater soil carbon losses in the tropics than previously predicted, with ...

Planting trees is a net positive for the climate, but a new study shows tropical regions deliver the strongest cooling and ...

Editor's note: Click here for the latest on Dexter and tropical storms Henriette and Ivo for Friday, Aug. 8. Tropical Storm Dexter is expected to strengthen in the north Atlantic Ocean while tropical ...

It’s looking more likely that a tropical depression could form in the Atlantic this week. NHC Chances are rising that a tropical depression could form in the Atlantic this week, but long-range models ...

Primates—the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans—first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously ...

Between 2003 and 2021, Earth saw a net boost in photosynthesis, mainly thanks to land plants thriving in warming, wetter conditions—especially in temperate and high-latitude regions. Meanwhile, ocean ...

Tropical forest plant roots have not received as much research attention as aboveground vegetation. This knowledge gap affects our understanding of how rainforests adapt to change, including their ...

Tropical dry forests are critically endangered ecosystems that once covered vast areas of the planet but have been largely destroyed, with less than 8% of the original extent remaining in some regions ...