Because of their importance to life on Earth, forests have gained the nickname "lungs of the planet" for their role in ...

In fact, neither land plants nor terrestrial animals would ... Without fungi to aid in decomposition, all life in the forest would soon be buried under a mountain of dead plant matter.

The United Nations aims to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and halt ...

The loss in forest area threatens human prosperity ... It also advocates combating desertification by 2030 and restoring land affected by desertification, drought and floods. To protect biodiversity, ...

Life on Earth might have started billions of years ago on land, not in the sea, according to a new study. A group of researchers found that the red rocks of the Pilbarra in Western Australia ...