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Published Tropical insects are extremely sensitive to changing climates - Tropical Insects: Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change (via sciencedaily.com)
Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments, like tropical rainforests, don't tend to d ...
Published Aphids make tropical milkweed less inviting to monarch butterflies (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
When oleander aphids infested tropical milkweed, monarch butterflies laid fewer eggs on the plant, a ...
Published Tropical cyclones act as 'massive heat pumps' that fuel extreme heat - Tropical Cyclones: Massive Heat Pumps Fueling Extreme Heat (via sciencedaily.com)
Extreme heat often follows tropical cyclones, which can complicate disaster recovery even further, r ...
Published Influenza shows no seasonality in tropics, posing challenges for health care (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
In temperate climates, like North America and Europe, flu season starts in the fall, peaks in the wi...
Published Tropical birds could tolerate warming better than expected, study suggests (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. T ...
Published Cyclone researchers: Warming climate means more and stronger Atlantic tropical storms - Cyclone Researchers: Warming Climate Means More and Stronger Atlantic Tropical Storms (via sciencedaily.com)
Tropical cyclone researchers report a warming climate could increase the number of tropical cyclones ...
Published The driving force behind tropical mudslides - The Driving Force Behind Tropical Mudslides (via sciencedaily.com)
Geological knowledge is essential for predicting what areas in a tropical mountain range are more pr ...
Published Recovering tropical forests offset just one quarter of carbon emissions from new tropical deforestation and forest degradation - Recovering Tropical Forests: A Solution to Carbon Emissions? (via sciencedaily.com)
A pioneering global study has found deforestation and forests lost or damaged due to human and envir...
Published Forgotten tropical plants rediscovered after 100-plus years with the help of community science (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Deep in the tropical Andes, a genus called Nasa harbored elusive and forgotten plant species. Throug ...
Published Tropical trees use social distancing to maintain biodiversity (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Tropical forests can harbor hundreds of species of trees in one square mile. Researchers reveal key ...
Published Ice cores from Earth's highest tropical peak provide insight into climate variability (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
A new study examines ice cores from the summit of the highest tropical mountain in the world, and fi ...
Published 'Alien' wasps thriving in tropical forests (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Researchers say they have discovered high diversity of Darwin wasps in a tropical rainforest in Braz ...
Published Tropical ecosystems more reliant on emerging aquatic insects, study finds, potentially putting them at greater risk (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Researchers have found that tropical forest ecosystems are more reliant on aquatic insects than temp ...
Published A fifth higher: Tropical cyclones substantially raise the Social Cost of Carbon (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Extreme events like tropical cyclones have immediate impacts, but also long-term implications for so ...
Published A new perspective on the temperature inside tropical forests (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
New worldwide maps of temperatures inside tropical forests show that global warming affect different ...
Published Tropical forests adjust strategies to thrive even when soils are nutrient poor (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Tropical forests store a third of the world's carbon in their wood and soils. However, their future ...
Published Multiple uses of tropical mosaic landscapes - Multiple Uses of Tropical Mosaic Landscapes (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Many landscapes in the tropics consist of a mosaic of different types of land use. How people make u ...
Published A 21st century mining boom across the tropics is degrading rivers (via sciencedaily.com)
Gold and mineral mining in and near rivers across the tropics is degrading waterways in 49 countries ...
Published Fewer but more intense tropical storms predicted over the Ganges and Mekong (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
Climate experts project a decline in the frequency of future tropical storms but an increase in thei ...
Published Breakthrough in bid to develop vaccines and drugs for neglected tropical disease (via sciencedaily.com) Original source
A breakthrough lays the foundations for vaccine development and for testing new preventative measure...