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To jumpstart the carbon economy, scientists around the globe need to be aligned in how they analyze the solutions to the climate crisis

By conserving and replanting forests, the world buys time until it brings other climate and sustainability solutions online. As a critical step toward this goal, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) received a $12 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to support GEO-TREES. This international consortium is the first worldwide system to independently ensure the

New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics Share Increased human-animal interactions lead to the emergence and spread of zoonotic pathogens, which cause about 75% of infectious diseases affecting human health. In this photograph, wild zebras graze alongside a pastoralist and cows in Kenya. Credit: James Hassell/Smithsonian In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Forest along Panama's Pacific coast. Not all tropical forests store the same amounts of carbon. The new Tansley review of carbon storage in many forests revealed that general predictions can... view more  Credit: Steve Paton, STRI Investors who bet on tropical forest conservation and reforestation to solve global warming by storing carbon in wood face huge uncertainties because the science behind predicting carbon stocks is still shaky. Even the best Earth Systems Models fail to predict how carbon stored by tropical forests varies from place to place. The New Phytolo...