Science news articles about 'forest scientists'

... in North American forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the amount of carbon stored in forests. Scientists want to determine the earthworms' effect on forest chemistry by comparing carbon ...

With abandoned farms reverting to the forest, scientists are debating the urgency of saving the rain forest.

A group of climate scientists says the Kyoto Protocol has a critical flaw in the way it calculates carbon emissions from biofuels that could undermine the treaty's goal of reducing greenhouse gas ...

... team has demonstrated that methyl salicylate can build up in the atmosphere above a stressed forest, scientists are speculating that plants may use the chemical to activate an ecosystem-wide immune ...

Seed-eating birds in the Serengeti are necessary in order to maintain the forest, scientists said this week.

... team of eleven of the world's top tropical forest scientists, coordinated by the University of Leeds, warn ... cutting clearance of carbon-rich tropical forests will help reduce climate change and save ...