A pandemic of lianas is sweeping through tropical forests, reducing their ability to store carbon and limiting their role in mitigating climate change. Two recent studies from Leiden University highlight the issue. "We now understand why lianas are visible in satellite imagery," say the researchers.
This is a bit doomer of me to say, but does it matter much? Humans are going to destroy the rainforest eventually. I’d be concentrating more on photoplankton and zooplankton as that produce half of the air we breathe. Imagine if we made the oceans a better place for whales so they could fertilize even more air producing plankton.