China set out to stop its deserts from swallowing farms and cities by planting trees on a scale the planet had never seen. After decades of work and tens of billions of saplings, scientists now say ...

Satellite records reveal three decades of forest growth in southern China, showing how planting, harvesting, and age influence canopy height.

China's efforts to slow land degradation and climate change by planting trees and restoring grasslands have shifted water around the country in huge, unforeseen ways, new research shows. Between 2001 ...

A research team led by the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with multiple domestic and international research institutions, has made progress in ...

Hainan Island is the smallest and southernmost province of China, the only one located fully in the tropics. It provides some of the most fascinating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China endorsed Brazil's $125 billion Tropical Forests Forever Facility at a sideline event in New York on Tuesday, lending weight ...

While hiking in a mountain forest of China, scientists scared a “secretive” creature out of its hiding place and rediscovered a rare species. Photo from Liu, Luo, Xiao, Peng, Zhang and Li (2025) In a ...

Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand. When you purchase ...