Young tropical forests play a crucial role in slowing climate change. Growing trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, using ...

Nitrogen shortage limits young tropical forest growth, slowing carbon capture that could help fight climate change.

Tropical forests still absorb vast amounts of carbon, but new evidence suggests that small deforestation clearings cause ...

Research reveals when and why ancient tropical seas transitioned from oxygen oases to marine dead zones, providing clues to ...

Tropical Storm Jerry was labeled by National Hurricane Center forecasters as "disheveled" and hours later Oct. 11 was only remnants in the Atlantic. A new tropical disturbance is in the Atlantic and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The leaves may be turning and the temperature may be falling in parts of the U.S., but the tropics are far from done for the ...

A new tropical storm formed in the Atlantic basin on Tuesday and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane. The northeastern islands of the Caribbean will experience a glancing blow of rain and wind ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean on Friday, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful ...

A weather system in the eastern Caribbean Sea continues to show signs of development on the afternoon of Monday Oct. 20, and forecasters say a tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form ...

Editor's Note: Tropical Storm Melissa continues on its path. See the latest update for Wednesday, Oct. 22. Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean. The storm became the 13th named storm of ...

West Palm Beach, FLA. (WPEC) — The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is keeping a close eye on a tropical wave moving across the Atlantic Ocean that could bring heavy rain and gusty winds to parts of ...