Like people, leaves have their limits when it comes to heat. Scientists first reported in 1864 that the leaves of some plants could survive up to 50° Celsius, only to perish beyond that threshold.

A 17-year experiment in Panama revealed that the process of leaves falling and decomposing on the ground provides nutrients to the soil that help promote tree growth in otherwise infertile tropical ...

Tropical Cyclone Niran brought a damaging blow to New Caledonia and Australia despite not making landfall in either country. On Friday, local time, Niran approached New Caledonia as a Category 5 ...

Teeming with life and stretching across multiple continents, tropical forests are often called the “lungs of the planet” because of their ability to suck up climate-warming carbon dioxide and exhale ...

Some leaves in tropical forests from South America to South East Asia are getting so hot they may no longer be able to photosynthesize, with big potential consequences for the world’s forests, ...

Photographic examples of a plant disease dataset. (a) Balck rot; (b) Northern leaf blight; (c) Isariopsis leaf spot; (d) Brown spot. Researchers have made significant progress in the field of ...