Bill Kenmir, conservation manager at Cumbria Connect, said the "ecosystems are hanging by a thread" and "we must act now to ...

For decades, scientists believed cool temperate rainforests were fragile ecosystems easily damaged by disturbances like fires or logging. But new research from the University of Melbourne ...

This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands ... Tropical rainforests have an emergent layer of tall trees ...

Temperate grasslands are ideal for growing ... Exploring the plants and animals living in the different layers of the tropical rainforest biome. How animals have adapted to live in the polar ...

Woodland Trust, the largest woodland conservation charity in the UK, has given more of an insight into the temperate ...

Deciduous forests have been threatened by logging and agricultural expansion, but there are ways to restore them to their original condition, either actively or passively. The main disturbances ...

As with other ecosystems, stress from a changing climate will take its toll on our coastal temperate rainforest. For example, climate-change models reveal the disappearance of a climate suitable ...

Hundreds of saplings have been planted as part of a project to expand one of the South West’s last remaining temperate rainforests. Volunteers have planted 450 saplings from Wistman’s Wood ...

This has altered the food webs and nutrient and energy cycles of ecosystems across the Earth. In the UK, much of the temperate deciduous forest has been removed for farming and to provide room for ...