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A new study found trees in temperate forests aren’t as effective at absorbing carbon as some climate models assume.
Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global ...
New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...
Forests and trees are equipped to address countless effects of global warming – if only we effectively make use of them.
The Menominee tribe has sustainably logged its forest in Wisconsin for 160 years. But that careful balance faces a crisis: too many trees and too few loggers.
Spending time in the forest isn't just enjoyable, it's good for your health. NPR's Life Kit has research-backed exercises to try the next time you're among trees.
Cloud forests in South America are created by an amazing tango danced between land, water and ether — this explains their holding the highest biodiversity on Earth Earth’s atmosphere itself ...
If you thought the ancient evergreens at California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park were old, the state's bristlecone pines ...
Will Southern California embrace logging of its ‘sky island’ forests? Southern California has struggled to chop back forests in the name of wildfire prevention, according to a Union-Tribune ...
Learn how trees prepare for a solar eclipse, communicating with each other by synchronizing their bioelectrical signals.
Forest trees have evolved to live in cooperative, interdependent relationships, maintained by communication and a collective intelligence similar to an insect colony.