Forests contribute to human well-being by providing a wide variety of ecosystem services to the society. The boreal biome is experiencing rapid changes both with the highest rates of warming on the ...

Listening to one-minute-long audio recordings of forest soundscapes has positive effects on people’s short-term wellbeing, new research finds. Improvements to wellbeing were found to be more ...

Forests are home to 80% of land-based biodiversity, but these arks of life are under threat. The rising average global temperature is forcing tiny plants like sidebells wintergreen on the forest floor ...

Planting forests will help limit further warming of the planet by soaking up some of the carbon dioxide we pump into the atmosphere. But the climate benefits on a global level could be around 15 to 30 ...

Last year, the planet suffered through the hottest year on record. Across the globe, records for hottest days, weeks and months were broken, and heat-related fatalities continued to rise. The effects ...

Forest Supervisor Shawn Cochran has signed a Stage 1 fire prohibitions order for the Wyoming portion of the Black Hills National Forest. The restrictions take effect today, and will remain in place ...