China set out to fight desertification and climate change by planting trees at a scale no country has attempted before, ...

China’s planted a bunch of new trees since 1981, but that extra foliage is shifting more precipitation to some areas while ...

In a paper published in Science Bulletin, a Chinese team of scientists estimated carbon sequestration rates of urban forests ...

AGC storage in China’s natural forests. (a) AGC storage in 2030; (b) AGC storage in 2060; (c) Change in AGC storage from 2030 to 2060; (d) Histograms of AGC storage and a line graph of AGC ...

BEIJING -- Researchers have produced the first high-resolution maps detailing forest diversity patterns across China. The ...

A group of Chinese ecologists has recently quantified the overall biodiversity outcomes of China's forest restoration efforts ...

Plants growing at the bottom of giant sinkholes in China are so awash in nutrients, they grow faster than their surface-dwelling counterparts, all while using less of a fundamental building block, a ...

A recent study has offered insight into the Asian giant’s afforestation drive - the process of creating new forests in areas ...

From Russia to the US, discover the world’s biggest forests by area and more about their fascinating history The total forest area in the world is 4.1 billion hectares, or 32 per cent. For context, ...

The growth of trees and their ability to absorb carbon is affected by the availability of nitrogen. Recent research ...