Australia's tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, scientists said Thursday, linking the "very concerning" trend to climate ...

Australia’s tropical rainforests – once key carbon sinks – are releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than they absorb, scientists say, marking the first such recorded shift anywhere in the ...

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 ...

It was a toad-ally unexpected find. Australian park rangers were stunned when they stumbled upon what could be the world’s largest known toad deep in a rainforest, tipping the scales at a whopping 6 ...

Today, Australia is home to some trees, like the Red and Yellow Carabeen, which are ancient remnants of a time when the Land Down Under was part of the supercontinent Gondwana. Now those trees are ...

"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 ...

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, ...

Cassowaries play a critical role in the Australian ecosystem. By Natasha Frost The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is ...

Paronella Park is home to an overgrown rainforest, moss-covered structures, and an abandoned castle. I wandered through the 13-acre ghost town in Queensland, Australia. I was amazed by the abandoned ...

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 ...