When drought hits, tropical forests in Panama have a "rescue strategy" to adapt to the lack of water by sending their roots deeper underground, a new study has found. But scientists warn this may not be enough to save them from the ravages of climate change.
Tropical forests are home to more than half of the world's terrestrial biodiversity and store large quantities of global carbon. A lot of this carbon is held in their roots below ground. However, climate change is pushing up temperatures in these forests and is expected to bring extreme droughts.
