Temperate rainforests are among the rarest habitats on Earth, supporting unique biodiversity and providing vital benefits from climate regulation and natural flood management to supporting human ...

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 ...

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 ...

From the Amazon to Borneo, discover seven breathtaking rainforests that offer ancient ecosystems, rare wildlife, and ...

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of California, ...

Temperate rainforests will soon have a new center in Juneau, Alaska. It is hoped that the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center (ACRC) will instigate new research and educational opportunities. The center ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: Gorges State Park west of Brevard is defined as a temperate rain forest because it gets 80 inches of rain a year ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 110, No. 1, Highlight on Traits with Ecological Functions (July 2012), pp. 177-188 (12 pages) • Background and Aims The contemporary relegation of conifers mainly to cold or ...

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 ...