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By Petro Kotzé The destruction of tropical rainforests — seen in shocking images of huge wildfires, vast clearcuts, and dying ...
Oak trees change their fine roots and "energize" soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, ...
In fantasy worlds, trees like the Lord of the Rings’ Ents are agile and mobile. In the real world, they’re slow.
The recent heatwaves and subsequent drought have been providing a challenge to teams caring for the Major Oak in, ...
The summer drought is hampering attempts to care for a historic tree associated with Robin Hood.The recent heatwaves and subsequent drought have been providing a challenge to teams caring for the ...
Legend has it the 1,000-year-old Major Oak was once a hideout for England's most famous outlaw - but experts are worried about its poor health. | ITV News Central ...
Truth is, we don’t know how the Tree of Life will fall, and we don’t know when. It could happen in five years, in 40 years, or tomorrow; perhaps, as you read this, it has already happened. But we do ...
Save Notch Forest hasn't disappeared simply because the city backed away from logging in the area last year. The grassroots ...
Biodiversity isn’t just about what’s growing in the forest, but also how it’s growing. Forests with a wide range of tree sizes, ages, and canopy openings provide structural diversity.
Tree roots extend well beyond the canopy; this is the drip line area. Watering just at the trunk misses most of the absorbing roots. Water the drip line and focus on areas under and beyond the canopy.
When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...
Oak trees change their fine roots by more than 70% and ‘energise’ soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small ...