The resulting GEDI (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation) NASA project includes a triple-laser-based LiDAR system that was launched to the International Space Station in late 2018 by CRS-16 ...

A healthy tropical rainforest is the world's most spectacular example of a living, functioning ecosystem and the ultimate example of biodiversity. Just How Diverse are Tropical Rainforests?

Whatever the evolutionary advantage, animals' color is inextricably intertwined with their environment, be it the bright ...

researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute took on a project that many thought was impossible -- restoring a tropical rainforest ecosystem. When the researchers planted worn-out cattle fields ...

Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into plantations, drastically changing tropical ... tropical ecosystems. The researchers demonstrate that the conversion of rainforest into ...

"This transformation is steadily enhancing the diversity, stability, and sustainability of the tropical rainforest ecosystem," he said. Hainan province has positioned the national park as one of ...