Rather having herds of explorers clamber around in the upper reaches of these forests to take measurements, researchers decided to use LiDAR to create a 3D map of these forests (press release).

The map above shows where rainforest biomes are located in the world. There is a link between climate, vegetation and biomes. Tropical hot wet climates are found close to the Equator where the ...

We combined these three variables into a single measure of forest structural condition and overlaid our results with a map of major ... tracts of undisturbed tropical rainforest have to be protected.

You can either map out a plan or simply follow the signs ... U.S. This lush mountain terrain is the very definition of a tropical rainforest. Keep your eye out for native plants, such as the ...

New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover - raising alarm that a key natural buffer against ...