Forests

Smooth Blend

Coffee farms could hold key to forest recovery

Burning Questions

Which came first: fire, climate change, or human influence?

Keeping Fit Past 500

Climatologists have overlooked old growth forests’ ability to soak up CO2

Freezing to Flaming

Climate change may spark more tundra fires

Stopped in Their Tracks

The impact of tropical logging extends far beyond rainforests

Moving Green Mountains

Vermont forests march up hills in search of better climes

When Lemurs Fly

Tiny high-tech backpack tracks colugos gliding through the forest

Do Trees Grow on Money?

After years of failed attempts to merge market economics with rainforest conservation, the US$60 billion carbon market might finally be the ticket. That is, if money is all it’s going to take.

Boreal Forests Aflame

More and bigger fires are turning the taiga into a carbon source

Flood Insurance

Revisiting an old debate, study finds that forest cover reduces flooding in 56 countries