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Feb 25, 2019 (SPX)

With the new map, the researchers were able to infer what drives the global distribution of tree species richness. Climate plays a central role; however, the nu...

World's biggest terrestrial carbon sinks are found in young forests

Feb 20, 2019 (SPX)

These trees have typically 'regrown' on land previously used for agriculture, or cleared by fire or harvest and it is their young age that is one of the main dr...

Indonesian firms owe $1.3 bn in forest damage fines: Greenpeace

Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)

Citing government data, the environmental group said it examined 11 civil court cases between 2012 and 2018 where palm oil and pulp-and-paper companies were ord...

US Senate votes to expand nationals parks, protected lands

Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)

The Senate voted 98-2 in support of the Natural Resources Management Act, which gives new or strengthened protection from mining and encroachment to more than t...

The art and science of Japan's cherry blossom forecast

Feb 11, 2019 (AFP)

Japan's sakura or cherry blossom season is feverishly anticipated by locals and visitors alike. Many tourists plan their entire trips around the blooms, and Jap...

How does the Amazon rain forest cope with drought?

Feb 07, 2019 (SPX)

A study led by Marielle Smith, a research associate in Michigan State University's forestry department, and Scott Stark, assistant professor of forestry, examin...

'Rocket C': Space Industry Source Unveils Tech Details of Russia Lunar Mission

Feb 04, 2019 (Sputnik)

"The draft design of Soyuz-7 Volga will be created as part of designing of the Yenisei superheavy launch vehicle by the end of 2019", the source in the aerospac...

Innovative GEDI Instrument Now Gathering Forest Data

Feb 04, 2019 (SPX)

That instrument - the Global Ecosystems Dynamics Investigation, or GEDI - is now collecting data as a payload attached to the Japanese Experiment Module, the la...

Abandoned fields turn into forests five times faster than thought

Jan 29, 2019 (SPX)

This finding contradicts the belief that trees appear on the fields only after grass that was approved earlier. As it turned out, the presence or absence of gra...

Inequality fuels deforestation in Latin American, research shows

Jan 28, 2019 (UPI)

Scientists at the University of Bern found a correlation between levels of economic inequality and rates of deforestation in Latin America. The expansion of agr...

Study predicts how air pollutants from US forest soils will increase with climate change

Jan 23, 2019 (SPX)

The chemicals, collectively known as reactive nitrogen oxides, are produced by soil bacteria that feed on naturally occurring ammonium - as well as nitrogen fer...

How much rainforest do birds need?

Jan 23, 2019 (SPX)

The Gottingen team investigated relationships between forest cover and bird species richness using data from a 4,000 km2 large rainforest landscape. The study a...

Mangrove patches deserve greater recognition no matter the size

Jan 21, 2019 (SPX)

With nearly 35% of mangroves lost from around the world since the 1980s, primarily due to coastal development, the future loss of seemingly small mangrove patch...

Water, not temperature, limits global forest growth as climate warms

Jan 18, 2019 (SPX)

The effect is most evident in northern climates and at high altitudes where the primary limitation on tree growth had been cold temperatures, reports the team t...

Yellowstone's forests could be grassland in just a few decades

Jan 18, 2019 (UPI)

Wildfires are a normal occurrence in most forests in the American West. Large fires are less common. In Yellowstone, big blazes rip through the park once every ...

Model Bundchen 'surprised' by Brazil minister criticism on environment

Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)

"It surprised me to see my name mentioned in a negative way for defending and protesting in favor of the environment," the model wrote to her 4.8 million Twitte...

Bulgaria activists win case to save UNESCO-listed forest

Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)

In a ruling that cannot be appealed, Bulgaria's supreme administrative court overturned controversial changes made by the government in December 2017 to the man...

Beech trees are dying, and nobody's sure why

Jan 10, 2019 (SPX)

In a study published in the journal Forest Pathology, researchers and naturalists from The Ohio State University and metroparks in northeastern Ohio report on t...

Revised Brazilian forest code may lead to increased legal deforestation

Jan 07, 2019 (SPX)

The warning comes from Brazilian researchers at the University of Sao Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) and Swedish researchers at KTH ...

Head of Brazil's environmental agency resigns

Jan 07, 2019 (AFP)

Suelly Araujo said in a letter to Environment Minister Ricardo Salles that she would step down on Tuesday as head of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and ...