There are many different types of forests with different types of trees. Learn more about a few types of forests and the trees that populate them. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

Aim: To describe the main vegetation types of the Korean zonal forests and explore their relationship with the main environmental and geographic gradients. Location: Korean Peninsula. Methods: A data ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. The difference between ...

Forests help mitigate carbon dioxide emissions by capturing it; to make the most of this natural phenomenon, scientists have defined which types of forests can store the most carbon and under what ...

To some forest creatures, a tree is a home. To scientists, it’s a beacon. A new way of mapping forests from the air by measuring chemical signatures of the tree canopy is revealing previously ...

China's Grain-for-Green Program, the world's largest reforestation effort, has transformed 69.2 million acres of cropland and barren scrubland back to forest. Yet, the program overwhelming leads to ...

From Tasmania to the Top End, Australia's forest trees are dying at higher rates due to climate change, according to new ...

Across Australia, forests are quietly changing. Trees that once stood for decades or centuries are now dying at an accelerating rate. And this is not because of fire, storms, or logging. The chronic ...

A forest's ability to store carbon depends significantly on the bedrock beneath, according to researchers who studied forest productivity, composition and associated physical characteristics of rocks ...