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Rainforest trees may have been dying faster since the 1980s because of climate change - study
May 19, 2022 (SPX)
Deterioration of such forests reduces biomass and carbon storage, making it increasingly difficult to keep global peak temperatures well below the target 2 C, a...
Why trees aren't a climate change cure-all
May 16, 2022 (SPX)
The results of two studies published in the journals Science and Ecology Letters on May 12, 2022 - one focused on growth, the other on death - raise new questio...
Ability of forests to sequester carbon may become more limited
May 13, 2022 (SPX)
The findings illustrate the importance of considering processes other than photosynthesis for estimating how much carbon trees can sequester. Through photosynth...
What we're still learning about how trees grow
May 13, 2022 (SPX)
A study led by University of Utah researchers, with an international team of collaborators, finds that tree growth does not seem to be generally limited by phot...
Brazil firms, NGOs urge Biden to create forest fund
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
The AMAZON21 bill, aimed at helping developing countries protect their forests, "would represent an important expression of commitment by President Biden and th...
Brazil deforestation shatters April record
May 06, 2022 (AFP)
The record -- the third in four months -- is the latest damning statistic on the accelerating loss of the Amazon under President Jair Bolsonaro. Satellite image...
Greenpeace urges DR Congo to probe illegal forestry concessions
May 05, 2022 (AFP)
The Congo Basin Forest is the world's second largest rainforest after the Amazon, covering two-thirds of the surface of the DRC. The vast forest plays a vital r...
Brazil responds to less than 3% of deforestation alerts: study
May 03, 2022 (AFP)
MapBiomas, a consortium that uses satellite images to track the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and other regions in Brazil, said it had launched a new pla...
Parisians up in arms over plan to fell trees near Eiffel Tower
Apr 30, 2022 (AFP)
The Paris mayor's office wants to build tourist facilities and offices at the foot of the world-famous landmark. Architect's projections show semi-submerged bui...
10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021
Apr 28, 2022 (AFP)
Some 11.1 million hectares (27.5 million acres) of tree cover was lost across the tropics in 2021, with 3.75 million hectares of that in old-growth primary fore...
DRCongo suspends 'illegal' forestry concessions
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
President Felix Tshisekedi announced last October that complaints had been made about irregularities over the granting of forestry concessions and that he had o...
Planet Partners with Canadian universities to research boreal forests
Apr 20, 2022 (SPX)
Leveraging Planet's satellite data, these research programs, including the Boreal Avian Modeling Project (BAM), the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (A...
Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation: study
Apr 19, 2022 (AFP)
Of the 69 million hectares (266,000 square miles) of native vegetation Brazil has lost in the past 30 years, just 1.6 percent was on indigenous lands, said the ...
Radio eye on tree-counting Biomass
Apr 14, 2022 (ESA)
"This is a particularly challenging test campaign both in terms of the size of the antenna and the very low P-band frequency that Biomass will be using, which a...
Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest
Apr 14, 2022 (SPX)
Many climate scientists use computer simulations to mimic the planet's climate as it exists today and how it may exist in the future as humanity keeps emitting ...
Kenyans heal devastated land with the power of mangroves
Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)
"This is the last one. There are no more left," said the 42-year-old Kenyan, who grew up on the estuary and possesses a seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of its ...
Record 1st-quarter deforestation of Amazon; Lula slams Bolsonaro indigenous policies
Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)
Satellite images revealed the destruction of 941 square kilometers (363 square miles) of rain forest -- the highest quarterly rate since the start of Brazil's D...
NASA releases breakthrough forest biomass-carbon product
Apr 07, 2022 (SPX)
The data enables research into how Earth's forests are changing, what role they play in mitigating climate change, and the regional and global impacts of planti...
US trees may provide over $100 billion dollars in savings via environmental benefits
Apr 07, 2022 (SPX)
Trees sequester and store greenhouse gasses, filter air pollutants, provide wood, food, and other products, among other benefits. However, the service value of ...
How deforestation is triggering an irreversible transition in amazon forests?
Apr 05, 2022 (SPX)
Some even predict that rainforest will ultimately be transformed into savanna-like ecosystems. However, until now, inception of such an irreversible transition ...
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