Tag: tropical forest
Leonardo DiCaprio gives his name to this tropical tree discovered in 2021
Barely discovered, Uvariopsis dicaprio is already threatened by deforestation. This tree, living in a virgin forest in Cameroon, owes its name to Leonardo DiCaprio, a famous actor but also an…
It only takes 20 years for the rainforest to regenerate without human intervention
The disappearance of tropical forests is not necessarily final: when conditions are favorable, a new forest very similar to the original one grows back in less than 20 years, according…
Plants save us time against global warming, but it won’t be enough!
With increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, plants store more carbon through photosynthesis. This is what researchers are telling us today. But they note that this increase…