Nearby residents will benefit greatly. Experts launch 50-year project that will transform crucial rainforest: 'These are exciting times' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline ...

Up to two thirds of the world’s temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study by researchers at the University of Leeds. In the first ever ...

TheIncomappleux Inland Rainforest in British Columbia is one of only three inland rainforests in the world. Credet - Jason Hollinger, CC SA 2.0. TheIncomappleux Inland Rainforest in British Columbia ...

Cornwall Wildlife Trust is to begin restoring a temperate rainforest habitat near Looe after receiving donations of more than £67,000. The trust said its 150-acre (60-hectare) site at Muchlarnick was ...

Tropical rainforests are exceptionally diverse, complex ecosystems and they’re home to some of the most unique wildlife on the planet.

John Healey receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council of the UK Government, Welsh Government, Woodknowledge Wales. The term “temperate rainforest”, or “Celtic rainforest”, has ...

For decades, scientists believed cool temperate rainforests were fragile ecosystems easily damaged by disturbances like fires or logging. But new research from the University of Melbourne challenges ...

This unique ecosystem—what’s known as an inland temperate rainforest—is only found in sections of Siberia and here. While skiing in the remote backcountry of interior British Columbia, I keep ...

The decrease in liana diversity with increasing latitude has been indicated as the major physiognomic difference between tropical and temperate forests’ ecosystem. Despite the robustness of this ...

In North America and in Europe, there is a lot of justifiable hand-wringing over what is being done to the Amazon and other tropical rainforests. Treehugger readers will already be well aware of the ...

The Hoh Rain Forest—pronounced “Hoe”—winds its way from Mount Olympus toward the Pacific Coast. The river itself was formed ...