They quantified the impact of the disasters on the forest water cycle and tracked the recovery dynamics by comparing changes in parameters such as evapotranspiration, transpiration, evaporation ...

The Amazon Basin lost about 27,000 square kilometers of forest each year from 2001 to 2016. By 2021, about 17% of the basin ...

The good news is that researchers can use the new understanding of forest water cycle to manage healthier forests that are more resistant to drought but still supply water to agriculture and ...

“Air humidity and regional changes in surface water coverage can have an impact on the hydrological cycle, such as the heat island effect in densely urbanized areas and the conversion of forest ...

Forest thinning in the central Sierra Nevada may boost water runoff during drought years, according to researchers at the ...

When a forest or natural wetland loses vegetation, such as by logging, the mechanism of moisture delivery is disrupted. This leads to fluctuations of the water cycle, including droughts and floods.

This renewable-powered approach mimics the natural water cycle by using the sun's energy ... heat-distributing forest. "Our bioinspired design increases the surface area of the SSG," said Zhou.

ESA's Biomass forest mission uses advanced space technology to provide new data on forests and their changes. It enhances our understanding of forests' roles in the carbon cycle and climate.