Temperate Rainforest

The temperate rainforest is a biome of cool but rainy weather which promotes the growth of enormous trees.

Climate

Northwest coast of North America, southern Chile, New Zealand, portions of southeast Australia

Above: A Whittaker Graph showing where temperate rainforests occupy this abiotic space, based on precipitation and temperature

Modeling finds old-growth wildfire risk highest where low-severity fires once burned (Oregon State Univ 3Feb2026)

└Exposure and carbon risk for mature and old-growth forests from severe wildfire in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. (Aparício et al, 2026)

How to create a thriving forest, not box-checking 'tree cover' (Phys.org 27 May 2025)

└Murphy et al. (2025) Native woodland establishment improves soil hydrological functioning in UK upland pastoral catchments

Report calls for protection and restoration to help temperate rainforests thrive (The State of the South West Rainforests, 2025)
Redwoods stand strong amid wildfires—but management matters (Phys.org 11Nov2025)

└Tree and stand characteristics moderate wildfire severity and promote resilience in secondary coast redwood forests (Kane et al., 2025)

└Trouvé et al. (2025) Global warming reduces the carrying capacity of the tallest angiosperm species (Eucalyptus regnans)

Native forests sink more carbon than expected, inverse modeling reveals (Phys.org 17Jun2025)

└Bukosa et al. (2025) Inverse modelling of New Zealand's carbon dioxide balance estimates a larger than expected carbon sink