When it comes to cooling the planet, tropical forests serve an important purpose as “carbon sinks”—their trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, storing it within their stems and branches. Now, a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Australia’s Kimberley region houses some of the country’s most botanically diverse ecosystems: monsoon rainforest patches. Although they’ve been ...

When Shannon Leah Fraser disappeared in Queensland's tropical rainforest in September 2014, rescuers feared the worst. Search crews spent days combing dense vegetation around the Golden Hole swimming ...

Rainforests in Australia’s northern tropics are no longer acting as net carbon sinks, according to new research. – Copyright AFP Brendan SMIALOWSKI Australia’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia’s rainforests now release more carbon than they absorb, scientists warn Australia's tropical rainforests – once key ...

A team of international scientists led by researchers from Australian universities has found the first evidence that woody biomass in tropical rainforests is acting as a long-term source of carbon ...

A fire ant nest has been spotted at one of Australia's most iconic World Heritage rainforests, sparking concerns about the potential threat posed to the region's ecology by one of the world's worst ...

"Previously published in November 1984 as volume 1 of World Wildlife Fund (Australia) project 44, Australian national rainforests study report, proceedings of a workshop on the past, present, and ...

Australia's Indigenous populations have played an important role in modifying the continent's landscape over millennia, particularly by using fire to create open spaces for daily activities. This ...

1. Introduction -- 2. What is Australian rainforest? -- 3. The sclerophyll problem -- 4. The edaphic theory I. The control of rainforest by soil phosphorus -- 5. The edaphic theory II. Soil types, ...

Australia’s tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start leaking more carbon dioxide than they absorb. Rainforests in Australia's northern tropics ...