#tropicalforests — Public Fediverse posts

The world’s biggest trees could hold the secret to coping with drought
#Environment #ClimateChange #Trees #Drought #Forests #Rainforests #Biodiversity #Science #ClimateScience #TropicalForests #PlantCurious
https://the-14.com/the-worlds-biggest-trees-could-hold-the-secret-to-coping-with-drought/

Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/rainforest-biodiversity-rebounds-within-a-single-generation/

🌴🔍 Oh no, the mighty tropical forests are about to faint from a fever while we bravely struggle to enable #JavaScript and #cookies. Because clearly, the key to solving climate change is hidden behind pop-up blockers and browser settings. 🖥️🍪🌡️
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2528622123 #tropicalforests #climatechange #technology #awareness #HackerNews #ngated

Tropical forests facing increasing risks of exposure to critical temp thresholds

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2528622123

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48872973

#HackerNews #tropicalforests #climatechange #environmentalrisks #temperaturethresholds #conservation

2-Jul-2026
Study reveals how giant #trees in #tropicalForests transport #water to their uppermost branches
The study published in #Science helps us understand the role of this little-studied type of #vegetation in #climateChange. One percent of the tallest trees store more than half of the #carbon in #tropical forest #ecosystems.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1134457

#ecology #plantPhysiology

What if we paid countries to NOT cut down their forests? Brazil and international partners are launching a $125 billion fund to do exactly that. Protecting nature is sound economic policy. 🌳 #TropicalForests #ClimateFinance https://therevelator.org/conservation-horizon-2026/

Drivers Of Forest Disturbance In Southeast Asia [incl. spatial analysis]
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2026.105220 <-- shared paper 🔗
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https://github.com/shijuanchen/SEA_forest_dis <-- shared GitHub ‘data repository 🔗
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #forest #vegetation #Forestdisturbance #Forestdegradation #Deforestation #remotesensing #SoutheastAsia #Asia #tropicalforests #timeseriesanalysis #geostatistics #disturbance #clearing #planting #agriculture #earthobservation #imagery #CCDC #changedetection #landcover #landuse #change #plantation #cultivation #slashandburn #planning #mitigation #catalogue #conservation #management #landmanagement #machinelearning #imageanalysis #AI

Small persistent humid forest clearings drive tropical forest biomass losses

"Tropical forests store about half of the global forest above ground carbon (AGC), yet extensive areas are affected by disturbances, such as deforestation from agricultural expansion and degradation from fires, selective logging, and edge effects...Findings highlight the disproportionate impact of small clearings on tropical carbon losses, suggesting the need to curb land-use changes and protect young and recovering forests."
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Xu, Y., Ciais, P., Santoro, M. et al. Small persistent humid forest clearings drive tropical forest biomass losses. Nature 649, 375–380 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09870-7 (paywall)
#Deforestation #Climate #LoggingImpacts #degradation #FCNSW #NSWLogging #PostHarvestBurn #DeliberatelyBurningAForest #EPA #MicroClimate #bushfires #NativeForests #AGC #BookkeepingApproach #ESA #TropicalForests #biodiversity

Recovering #tropicalforests grow back nearly twice as fast with #nitrogen

https://www.caryinstitute.org/news-insights/press-release/recovering-tropical-forests-grow-back-nearly-twice-fast-nitrogen

#ClimateChange is pushing #TropicalForests #Ecosystems into a new hypertropical climate with stronger summer droughts, where pinoneer trees with less dense wood are more likely to have a high mortality
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09728-y
#AcademicChatter
#Trees
#Drought

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/05/uk-opts-out-of-flagship-fund-to-protect-amazon-and-other-threatened-tropical-forests #UK #AmazonRainforest #TropicalForests #COP30 #CllimateChange #ClimateCrisis

How do field biologists in dense tropical forests photograph the fruits and leaves of very tall trees from the ground?
#fieldbiology #fieldbiologists #botany #botanists #photography #naturephotography #plantphotography #wildlifephotography #photographers #plantsurveys #telephotolenses #tropicalforests #trees #rainforests

Tropical soils appear to be more sensitive to warming than previously thought.

In a field experiment in Puerto Rico, warming understory plants and topsoil by 4°C increased CO2 emissions by between 42% and 204%, depending on the terrain.

My latest article for @mongabay: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/warming-triggers-unprecedented-carbon-loss-from-tropical-soils-study-finds/ #Climate #Soil #TropicalForests

#books #BookReview #nature #TropicalForests https://substack.com/home/post/p-152958974

#books #BookReview #nature #TropicalForests https://substack.com/home/post/p-152958974

An excellent article on the MIT homepage today about how important seed-dispersing animals (including birds) are to forest carbon absorption. The picture is of a Great Hornbill chowing down on a juicy fig.

Photographer - Christian Ziegler

#Ecology #TropicalForests #Biodiversity

https://news.mit.edu/2025/why-animals-are-critical-forest-carbon-absorption-0728

Tropical dry forests are critically endangered ecosystems that once covered vast areas of the planet but have been largely destroyed, with less than 8% of the original extent remaining in some regions due to conversion to agriculture and development.

By Liz Kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/will-tropical-dry-forests-survive-the-next-50-years/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Forests #DryForests #TropicalForests #Wildlife

Q: How can we fight Deforestation around the world?
A: Provide an income to landowners for leaving their land as forest, paying them to keep it forest. How can that be done and paid for / funded?

Listen on Spotify:

#sustainability #ForestPreservation #biodiversityloss #nature
#tropicalforests #trailcam
#biology #forest #forests

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QcB7a5DnPGW4zgJSqETq6

Q: How can we fight Deforestation around the world?
A: Provide an income to landowners for leaving their land as forest, paying them to keep it forest. How can that be done and paid for / funded?
Read or listen:

#sustainability #ForestPreservation #biodiversityloss #nature
#tropicalforests #trailcam
#biology #forest #forests

https://sparkssustainability.com/2025/03/19/preserving-forests-around-the-world/