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Researchers in orange safety jackets in front of the Kasai River. They are looking at a laptop.

Protecting the vulnerable Congo Basin

A project to protect the world’s second-largest area of tropical rainforest has received £9.1m from the government.

A temperate rainforest in Ennerdale, Cumbria. Credit: Simon Webb

Climate change threatens rare temperate rainforests

Up to two-thirds of the world’s temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study.

A pine marten stood on a branch in front of green leaves, looking back towards the camera.

Pine martens thrown a lifeline in the Lake District

Pine martens have been reintroduced into woodland in South Cumbria thanks to a project involving researchers from the University of Leeds.

An area of pine forest that has been cut down with a pile of logs in the middle

New policies target illegal logging and trade to protect forests

Illegal logging has severe effects on wildlife, biodiversity and the climate. Professor Oliver Phillips contributes to a new policy brief that offers new, improved methods to stop it.

The Siberian Trap was formed by the massive volcanic eruption that happened 252 million years ago, causing the Permian-Triassic mass extinction.

Ancient volcanoes sound 'warning bell' over climate warming

Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how plants regulate climate and sound a warning about rising temperatures.