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Photo of a forest's treetops during autumn.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Invisible Hand of Carbon Dioxide on Forest Productivity

by Ankur R. Desai 11 July 202411 July 2024

A statistically robust approach applied to long-term flux measurements quantifies forest ecosystem response to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, providing a valuable benchmark for climate models.

Rolling green hills are covered in lush forest in New England.
Posted inNews

Carbon Offset Programs Underestimate the Threat of Hurricanes

by Sierra Bouchér 20 May 202420 May 2024

A single hurricane in New England could wipe out millions of metric tons of forest carbon.

Part of the Madi River in Nepal, with forested mountains in the distance
Posted inFeatures

Forests, Water, and Livelihoods in the Lesser Himalaya

by L. Adrian Bruijnzeel, Ge Sun, Jun Zhang, Krishna Raj Tiwari and Lu Hao 15 May 202424 March 2025

Complex changes in land use, land cover, climate, and demographics are combining to stress water security for millions of people in the region.

An open-top chamber in the Amazon forest
Posted inNews

Extra Carbon Dioxide Helps Lower Layers of the Amazon Thrive—for Now

by Sofia Moutinho 29 April 202429 April 2024

Plants living in the shadows grew faster when exposed to excess carbon dioxide. But this short-term effect could vanish in a high-emission-induced warmer future, making the forest a carbon source.

Diagram from the study.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

When It Rains, It Pours!

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 11 April 20249 April 2024

Water that falls on a forest canopy during rainfall events reaches the ground at focused locations called “pour points”. This insight has a major impact on how we view hydrologic processes on the ground.

Dry riverbed of Solimões River, in the upper Amazon basin.
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Quase um Ano depois, a Seca na Amazônia Está Longe de Terminar

by Meghie Rodrigues 3 April 20243 April 2024

Fortalecido pelas mudanças climáticas, o período de seca no norte do Brasil poderá durar mais que o originalmente previsto e ter consequências econômicas e ecológicas prolongadas.

Two glass enclosures among a forest of spruce trees in the snow
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Warming Experiment Explores Consequences of Diminished Snow

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 1 April 20247 August 2024

The SPRUCE ecosystem in northern Minnesota offered a setting to research exactly how a snowy environment responds to rising temperatures.

A man bends over to plant a sapling. There is a wheelbarrow next to him and a road and green field behind him.
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Planting Trees May Not Be as Good for the Climate as Previously Believed

by Moriah McDonald 21 March 202421 March 2024

The climate benefits of trees storing carbon dioxide is partially offset by dark forests’ absorption of more heat from the Sun, and compounds they release that slow the destruction of methane in the atmosphere.

Una pila de troncos cortados.
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Los países más pobres enfrentan consecuencias más graves del cambio climático

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 5 March 202431 October 2024

A medida que los bosques se desplazan hacia latitudes más altas, las naciones enfrentan pérdidas tanto de beneficios ecosistémicos de mercado como no mercantiles.

A forest of trees stand in the fog. Some of the trees are missing their uppermost branches.
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The Best Way to Kill Trees to Create Habitat

by Carolyn Wilke 1 March 20241 March 2024

Standing dead trees—or snags—shelter animals, store carbon, and cycle nutrients. A long-term monitoring study found that lopping off a tree’s top branches is a good way to turn it into a snag within about 20 years.

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