This means that some African rainforests actually store more carbon per unit ... and species of more than 70,000 trees in 44 mountain sites across a dozen African countries including Guinea ...

Raft by raft, a rainforest loses its trees . June 18, 2022 at 12:32 pm Updated June 18, ... He looks forward to the blooming of afrormosia trees, also known as African teak, ...

Elephants do a lot of damage to plants as they stomp around the jungle, but, counterintuitively, this activity increases the biomass of the forest, letting it store more carbon.

The same cannot be said for the trees that make up the canopy of rainforests in old growth forests. They grow slower, ... In African rainforests, climate change has not gone as far.

Tracking trees in 100 different tropical rainforests across six African countries, the researchers found that intact forests across the continent still removed 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide ...

Tracking trees in 100 different tropical rainforests across six African countries, the researchers found that intact forests across the continent still removed 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide ...

The new Nature paper combines the work of researchers and field assistants who studied 135,625 trees at 244 African plots in 11 countries with data that, in some cases, goes back to the 1960s.

The Central African country of Gabon is home to the most forest elephants, about 95,000—two-thirds of the entire population. ... which is common for rainforest trees.

African rainforests vanished for 600 years, ... Plants secrete waxy mixtures of lipids to protect their outer cells, and these waxes can last for thousands of years in soil.

Native to the West African rainforests, this genus of plants naturally ranges in size from small trees to medium shrubs. Close to 30 different species of Dracaena have found their way into our ...

As he recollects in the exhibition catalogue, he arrived in this African rainforest with a solid Linnaean training, but the dense canopy made the botanical standards worthless.