Designation of critical habitat is required for species listed under the Endangered Species Act.

For a long time, ecologists assumed tree rings to be absent in tropical trees because of a lack of temperature and rain fluctuations in the trees' environment. But in recent decades, the formation of growth rings has been proven for hundreds of tropical tree species, which are sensitive to drought and usually experience at least a month or two of slightly reduced rainfall every year.

Grasslands, savannas, and dry forests have become popular places to grow soy.

A combination of dry vegetation, above-normal temperatures and high wind speeds will increase the risk for wildfires this week, experts say.

CICERO scientists have now developed a new method to reduce fluctuations in calculating rate of global warming

Earthworms introduced into northern North America have a negative impact on the insect fauna above ground. 

The shelf’s disintegration in March 2022 has reshaped a landscape where coastal glacial ice was once thought to be stable.

The Colorado State Forest Service is leading the three-phase wildfire mitigation effort in the Douglas County wildland-urban interface.

Research led by Oregon State University shows that fires are more likely to burn their way into national forests than out of them.

They found that greenhouse gas emissions from streams and wetlands at Coweeta could be highly variable.