Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus ...

Tropical forests are struggling to keep pace with climate change. Scientists warn that slow adaptation could threaten ...

Rising CO2 levels are making tropical trees more efficient at photosynthesis. Learn what this means for climate change.

However, there is also a positive effect, as scientists from WUR have discovered: for the past century, the extra CO 2 has led to more efficient photosynthesis in tropical trees. This is good news ...

Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. However, a major new study reveals that forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough ...