BRANCH Institute
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Biodiversity Research & Action for Nature, Climate, and Humanity: an independent research institute building on the legacy of @CrowtherLab.
We produce science to inform policy, empower restoration, and reveal nature’s potential to drive climate resilience.
We produce science to inform policy, empower restoration, and reveal nature’s potential to drive climate resilience.
The invisible cost of a fragmented landscape. New research out today. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Larger forest patches have greater per-area productivity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Using remote sensing data, spatial modelling and counterfactual scenarios, this analysis reveals a positive relationship between forest patch size and productivity. This implies that preserving many s...
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May 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The invisible cost of a fragmented landscape. New research out today. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by BRANCH Institute
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation | Science
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation | Science
Forests regulate global and local climates in ways that impact human well-being. In this Review, we discuss the scale-dependent mechanisms through which forests regulate climate, highlighting their contributions to global mitigation and local adaptation. ...
www.science.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation | Science
Reposted by BRANCH Institute
New in Science 🌳
Forests aren't just carbon sinks, they protect people from climate extremes. In the tropics, intact forests cool by 6°C.
But heat from deforestation could reduce safe work conditions for ~3M people & linked to ~28k deaths/yr.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.nature.org
Forests aren't just carbon sinks, they protect people from climate extremes. In the tropics, intact forests cool by 6°C.
But heat from deforestation could reduce safe work conditions for ~3M people & linked to ~28k deaths/yr.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.nature.org
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation
Forests regulate global and local climates in ways that impact human well-being. In this Review, we discuss the scale-dependent mechanisms through which forests regulate climate, highlighting their co...
www.science.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
New in Science 🌳
Forests aren't just carbon sinks, they protect people from climate extremes. In the tropics, intact forests cool by 6°C.
But heat from deforestation could reduce safe work conditions for ~3M people & linked to ~28k deaths/yr.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.nature.org
Forests aren't just carbon sinks, they protect people from climate extremes. In the tropics, intact forests cool by 6°C.
But heat from deforestation could reduce safe work conditions for ~3M people & linked to ~28k deaths/yr.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.nature.org
Forests shape water.
In humid regions, they reduce flood risk.
In dry regions, they can reduce streamflow.
Across basins, they influence rainfall.
Climate solutions are powerful, but context matters.
Nature is a climate solution when we listen to ecology.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In humid regions, they reduce flood risk.
In dry regions, they can reduce streamflow.
Across basins, they influence rainfall.
Climate solutions are powerful, but context matters.
Nature is a climate solution when we listen to ecology.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation
Forests regulate global and local climates in ways that impact human well-being. In this Review, we discuss the scale-dependent mechanisms through which forests regulate climate, highlighting their co...
www.science.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Forests shape water.
In humid regions, they reduce flood risk.
In dry regions, they can reduce streamflow.
Across basins, they influence rainfall.
Climate solutions are powerful, but context matters.
Nature is a climate solution when we listen to ecology.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In humid regions, they reduce flood risk.
In dry regions, they can reduce streamflow.
Across basins, they influence rainfall.
Climate solutions are powerful, but context matters.
Nature is a climate solution when we listen to ecology.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...