Like in the “The Lord of the Rings” movies, trees occasionally make their way to faraway lands. Whether tropical rainforests, evergreen coniferous forests or treeless steppes: our planet’s vegetation zones are constantly changing. At the end of the last glacial period, around 11,000 years ago, the Sahara was considerably...

The Himalayas are experiencing rising temperatures and longer growth periods – so why isn’t the treeline advancing uphill?

The first-ever database that quantifies and visualizes trends in the global online news coverage of climate change was recently launched. The Online Media Monitor