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Storing carbon through tree planting, preservation costs more than thought
Dec 01, 2020 (UPI)
Of all the options, they're considered the most eco-friendly, or greenest, but new research suggests planting and protecting trees does come with costs -- and t...
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon surges to 12-year high
Nov 30, 2020 (AFP)
A total of 11,088 square kilometers (4,281 square miles) of forest was destroyed in Brazil's share of the world's biggest rainforest in the 12 months to August,...
Concrete jungle threatens mangroves on Pakistan island
Nov 23, 2020 (AFP)
But the calm of Bundle Island, home to a few camels, is at risk, with Prime Minister Imran Khan determined to turn it into an enormous real-estate project to ea...
Bolsonaro slams 'unjustified' attacks over Amazon deforestation
Nov 22, 2020 (AFP)
The far-right leader has drawn international condemnation for presiding over a surge of deforestation and wildfires in the world's biggest rainforest. "I presen...
Los Angeles and Google partner on 'Tree Canopy' project
Nov 19, 2020 (AFP)
Vegetation, notably tree canopy coverage, plays a key role in offering the kind of relief that Los Angeles needs: The city is the state's biggest urban heat isl...
Bolsonaro vows to name and shame illegal wood importers
Nov 17, 2020 (AFP)
The far-right leader, who has drawn international condemnation for presiding over a surge of deforestation and wildfires in the world's biggest rainforest, vowe...
What type of forest to choose for better CO2 storage?
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
The results of the study, published in Nature Communications, are valuable in defining natural strategies to combat climate change. Global warming is stressing ...
Satellite images provide up-to-date information on forest resources
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
"Describing forest carbon sequestration is completely new, and there is a great deal of demand for this kind of information. By turning the assessment of forest...
New research identifies 'triple trouble' for mangrove coasts
Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)
The study found that mangrove forests, their large biodiversity and the coastal protection they provide are under pressure from three distinct threats - sea-lev...
Researchers figure out how, why trees in the Amazon perish
Nov 09, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Communications, a tree species' mean growth rate is the primary risk factor for tree death in th...
Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests
Nov 06, 2020 (SPX)
They found that despite only accounting for 3% of the total number of trees on the studied plots, large trees stored 42% of the total above-ground carbon within...
Widest trees dominate carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forests
Nov 05, 2020 (UPI)
New research, published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, suggest the widest trees dominate carbon storage in the forests of Orego...
China's most important trees are hiding in plain sight
Nov 02, 2020 (SPX)
In forests, the most common species can be essential to ecosystem structure and function, which crumble with the decline of these pivotal trees, known collectiv...
Reforestation plans in Africa could go awry
Oct 29, 2020 (SPX)
"The biomes of the region we studied, which includes all the countries south of the Sahara, are divided into two fairly distinct types: savannah at about 70 per...
US firms fund deforestation, abuses in Amazon: report
Oct 27, 2020 (AFP)
Six top firms -- BlackRock, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Vanguard, Bank of America and Dimensional Fund Advisors -- have invested more than $18 billion over the p...
Evidence of biodiversity losses found deep inside the rainforest
Oct 26, 2020 (UPI)
"What we think is happening is an erosion of biodiversity, a loss of some of the richness in a place where we would hope biodiversity can be maintained," Philip...
In new German save-the-forest fight, migrant captain centre stage
Oct 20, 2020 (AFP)
Today, Rackete has swapped her captain's hat for a set of yellow waterproofs as she wades through the mud in the Dannenrod forest in central Germany, surrounded...
Nasa supercomputing study breaks ground for tree mapping, carbon research
Oct 19, 2020 (SPX)
Using powerful supercomputers and machine learning algorithms, the team mapped the crown diameter - the width of a tree when viewed from above - of more than 1....
Unexpectedly large number of trees populate the Western Sahara and the Sahel
Oct 16, 2020 (SPX)
High-resolution remote sensing made it possible to gather a multitude of satellite images of these areas, which were then analysed by applying an artificial int...
Laser technology measures biomass in world's largest trees
Oct 16, 2020 (SPX)
The technique, published in Scientific Reports, offers unprecedented insights into the 3D structure of trees, helping scientists to estimate how much carbon the...
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