Earlier, the Bureau of Meteorology had said that extreme bushfire danger was rising as soaring temperatures fuelled what ...

Much of south-eastern Australia is currently in the grip of a heat wave, which is expected to peak over the next two days.

Australia's forests are losing trees more rapidly as the climate warms, a new study examining decades of data said Tuesday, ...

Forests play a major role pulling planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. As the world heats up, some forests are becoming emitters in their own right. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Harry ...

Across Australia, forests are quietly changing. Trees that once stood for decades or centuries are now dying at an ...

A study reveals that fire suppression around the Great Lakes has led to the buildup of fuel and the replacement of fire-tolerant trees with fire-intolerant species. Researchers used tree ring data and ...

Humans have altered the forests of western North America markedly over the past several centuries. We’ve suppressed fire, harvested much of the old-growth trees, and built homes and communities within ...

When it comes to capturing carbon, trees have always been our go-to. But a sinister switch is underway. A study published in the journal Nature reveals that moist tropical forests in Australia are now ...