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Facing climate change, Swiss trees get mist before they're missed
Jul 03, 2025 (AFP)
Eighteen scaffolding towers have been erected between the trees in the Pfynwald in Switzerland's southern Wallis region. High-pressure nozzles mounted on the to...
Trump admin to open up vast area of forest to development
Jun 24, 2025 (AFP)
A total of 58 million acres (23 million hectares) -- roughly the size of Idaho, the 14th largest US state -- is at stake in the Trump administration's latest ro...
Chad hopes 'green charcoal' can save vanishing forests
Jun 20, 2025 (AFP)
But the charcoal they were making is known as "green", and backers hope it can save impoverished Chad from rampant deforestation. Chad, a vast, landlocked count...
New Zealand native forests may be huge carbon sink
Jun 18, 2025 (AFP)
The research, led by National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) scientist Beata Bukosa and co-authored by Ministry for the Environment scientis...
Key factors shaping soil carbon storage in boreal forests revealed
Jun 17, 2025 (SPX)
The team analyzed soil samples from 595 forest plots across two sites in south-central Norway-Trillemarka and Varaldskogen. Using structural equation modeling (...
Villagers step up to halt Sierra Leone deforestation
Jun 11, 2025 (AFP)
Producing the cheap fuel in this way is illegal in the protected rainforest near the capital of a country highly vulnerable to the ravages of climate change. Bu...
Brazil fires drive acceleration deforestation; Slain UK journalist's book on saving Amazon published
Jun 07, 2025 (AFP)
The figures released by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), which tracks forest cover by satellite, indicated that deforestation rate between Augu...
Keeping forests central in agroforestry policies
Jun 02, 2025 (SPX)
"Forest-based agroforestry can achieve similar climate benefits as planting trees in open fields," said Karam Sheban '28 PhD, '20 MF, co-author of the study pub...
Does planting trees really help cool the planet?
Jun 02, 2025 (SPX)
In a new modeling study published in Communications Earth and Environment, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, showed that restoring forests...
Malaysia disputes EU's deforestation risk rating, citing outdated data
May 30, 2025 (AFP)
EU rules in force since last year prohibit a vast range of goods -- from coffee to cocoa, soy, timber, palm oil, cattle, printing paper and rubber -- if produce...
Loggers fell old, native forests on Australian island
May 29, 2025 (AFP)
As wide as two dining tables, and standing above head height, it is the by-product of a logging industry carving its way through swaths of native forest in the ...
Record decrease in Brazil deforestation in 2024: report
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
The total area deforested in South America's biggest country was 32.4 percent lower than in 2023, some 1.24 million hectares, the report by monitoring agency Ma...
EU list of high deforestation risk nations raises eyebrows
May 13, 2025 (AFP)
The list, yet to be officially published, is a key component of a sweeping anti-deforestation law approved late last year which has faced opposition from busine...
Central Asia's Alpine Forests Thrive Amid Shifting Climate
May 12, 2025 (SPX)
The alpine forests of Central Asia, critical for sustaining regional water resources and ecological stability, are the headwaters for major rivers like the Amu ...
Two men found guilty of chopping down iconic UK tree
May 09, 2025 (AFP)
The jury at Newcastle Crown Court found former friends Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, guilty of criminal damage after the 2023 felling of the tree ...
ESA releases record breaking forest carbon dataset spanning 15 years
May 05, 2025 (SPX)
This extensive dataset, part of ESA's Climate Change Initiative, compiles information from multiple Earth-observing missions and will soon integrate data from t...
European satellite launches to track global forest biomass from space
May 01, 2025 (SPX)
The Biomass satellite's radar system employs long-wavelength signals capable of penetrating dense forest canopies, allowing for the assessment of entire trees r...
Spruce forests show shared electrical response to solar eclipse
Apr 30, 2025 (SPX)
The study, published in Royal Society Open Science, reveals that older trees exhibited the earliest and most pronounced reactions, implying they store environme...
Moment famed tree chopped down played to UK court
Apr 30, 2025 (AFP)
Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, have denied causing criminal damage over the 2023 chopping down of the tree at Sycamore Gap, which had stood for nea...
Tracking Global Forest Health from Orbit with ESA Biomass Mission
Apr 28, 2025 (SPX)
Manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen, the radar system was supported by extensive groundwork from the DLR Microwaves and Radar Institute,...
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