Forests play a major role pulling planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. As the world heats up, some forests are becoming emitters in their own right.

Lightning kills about 320 million trees annually, accounting for 2.1 to 2.9 percent of all plant biomass loss annually.

On the wooded slopes surrounding the village of Kalavryta in southwestern Greece, hundreds of dying fir trees stand out among ...

A new study provides the first estimates of lightning-killed trees, a crucial figure for understanding Earth's carbon cycle.

Lightning's quiet impact could have lasting effects on the world’s forests - and the carbon cycle they support.

Debris removal after Hurricane Helene did more damage to the environment than the storm itself in some parts of the state, ...

Lightning has a greater impact on forests than previously thought. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) ...

Lori Daniels and a team of researchers plan to let a hand-held GPS guide them in a few weeks to more than 100 spots in the charred forest around Jasper, Alta.

This study explores the assessment of forest use and the value of forest resources to local communities, focusing on the Maasai Mau Forest area in Narok County, Kenya. The Maasai Mau Forest, inhabited ...

Some effects of Arizona's Dragon Bravo Fire are clear, but what's happened to wildlife may not be known until the flames die ...

Forest fragmentation—the division of large, intact woodlands into smaller patches—has emerged as a critical issue in 21st-century global land cover change, with far-reaching implications for ecosystem ...