This review explains the science behind the drive for global net zero emissions and why this
is needed to halt the ongoing rise in global temperatures. We document how the concept of …

Large, majestic trees are iconic symbols of great age among living organisms. Published
evidence suggests that trees do not die because of genetically programmed senescence in …

To constrain global warming, we must strongly curtail greenhouse gas emissions and
capture excess atmospheric carbon dioxide,. Regrowing natural forests is a prominent …

Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires rapid decarbonization and improved
ecosystem stewardship at a planetary scale. The carbon released through the burning of …

The globally important carbon sink of intact, old-growth tropical humid forests is declining
because of climate change, deforestation and degradation from fire and logging …

Tropical secondary forests sequester carbon up to 20 times faster than old-growth forests.
This rate does not capture spatial regrowth patterns due to environmental and disturbance …

Restoring forest cover is a key action for mitigating climate change. Although monoculture
plantations dominate existing commitments to restore forest cover, we lack a synthetic view …

Abstract The Lower Mekong Region (LMR) faces significant loss of mangrove forests, yet
limited studies have explored this decline in the region. Here, we employ Google Earth …

Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better 10
understanding of these forests is critical for our collective future, until quite recently efforts 11 …

Abstract The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) LiDAR provides new
spaceborne vegetation canopy structural information including relative canopy height …