Its name and uses have long transcended the borders of the Gran Chaco region, from where it originated, deep in South America. As an ideal sugar substitute, stevia is a staple in the food and ...

Spanning approximately 2.3 million square miles (6 million square kilometers) across eight South American countries, the Amazon Rainforest is the world’s largest tropical forest. This vast ...

Matthew William Jones receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Stefan H Doerr receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the ...

A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions from forest fires have surged by 60% globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive northern boreal ...

Despite significant challenges, Amazonian forest communities are finding bold, innovative solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Amazon is burning. Millions of hectares of rainforests, ...

The U.S. Forest Service has announced the start of its fall prescribed burning efforts across California’s 18 national forests. The planned burns are part of the Forest Service’s ongoing ...

The Forest Service will not protect a single acre of old forest without presidential direction despite their inadequate old-growth amendment process. The president has so far issued two exemplary ...

TAMPA — Emotions ran high Tuesday as residents of Tampa’s flood-ravaged Forest Hills neighborhood demanded answers and compensation from city leaders for damage to their homes during Hurricane ...

‘Operating in the Stone Age’: NHS staff’s daily struggle with outdated tech on facebook (opens in a new window) ‘Operating in the Stone Age’: NHS staff’s daily struggle with outdated ...