Now, in the upper canopies of Earth’s tropical forests, roughly 1 in every 10,000 leaves experiences temperatures at least once a year that may be too high for photosynthesis, researchers report ...

According to one of the study's researchers, Huang Mengxing, "Deep learning models provide unparalleled accuracy and speed in detecting leaf diseases. By deploying these models in tropical ...

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 ...

Although it may not be aesthetically pleasing to look at for some, those fallen leaves are helping trees grow naturally. Researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI ...

But large leaves can cope in hot, wet, tropical climates because they counteract the daytime heat-trapping effect using transpiration – something desert plants cannot do because they cannot ...

Among the most significant was news that the LEAF Coalition ... while at the same time channelling billions of dollars into tropical countries to help them fight against deforestation.