In 1990, the Clean Air Act was updated by Congress to eliminate acid rain by reducing power plant pollution. Unfortunately, ...

The Congo Basin spans 3.4 million square kilometres, making it almost six times the size of the UK, which measures around 242 ...

Demand for the patchouli plant’s oils has skyrocketed in recent years, and so too has the number of farmers in the region who ...

Introduction Biodiversity, the abundance of life on the planet, is crucial for the stability, resilience, and sustainability ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

A transformative initiative in the Brazilian Amazon is protecting nearly 400,000 hectares of rainforest while helping local communities ...

Introduction In a unique blend of athleticism and ecological stewardship, the initiative titled 'World Champions Walk into National Parks' began on March 19, captivating the public's attention and ...

Building on a long history of successful collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this ...

Some trees don’t just survive lightning – they thrive on it. Scientists studying Panama’s tropical forests have discovered that Dipteryx oleifera trees often benefit from lightning strikes that ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...