The planet’s northern forests hold enormous amounts of carbon in spruce, pine, and thick, needle-rich soils. But a major new ...

For decades, ecologists assumed that ancient forests eventually reach a carbon equilibrium, absorbing roughly as much carbon dioxide as they release through decay. That assumption is now facing ...

Old-growth forests store more carbon than managed forests, especially in soil. This changes how we think about climate and forest protection.

Most of Europe's original natural forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper, ...

An international team of scientists highlight the critical role of soil in climate mitigation, raising urgent questions about the long-term consequences of industrial forestry practices.

The planet's undisturbed old-growth boreal forests may be far more important in the fight against climate change than previously realized, according ...

Longer, hotter, drier stretches of fire weather make fires more likely. Climate change is making severe fire weather more common around the world, raising the chances of worsened forest fire seasons, ...

Examples of FAF systems a, Commercial tropical agroforestry plantation system operated by a large private landowner on the lowland west central coast of Sri Lanka. b, Cultural keystone food forest ...