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Logging site slash removal may be boon for wild bees in managed forests

Aug 23, 2018 (SPX)

The findings are important because bees are the driving force behind $100 billion in global economic impact each year, with insect pollinators enhancing the rep...

Frequent fires make droughts harder for young trees, even in wet eastern forests

Aug 22, 2018 (SPX)

And although wildfires are comparatively rare, prescriptive fires are increasingly used in the east. How will these forests fare in the future? A new study from...

Ancient Mayan deforestation hurt carbon reserves

Aug 20, 2018 (UPI)

Analysis of the region's long-term carbon cycle showed damages caused by ancient deforestation continued to undermine soil health for centuries, even after tree...

To improve children's diets, conserve forests

Aug 17, 2018 (UPI)

The findings are the latest to link forest conservation to human health. Several studies have linked proximity forests, trees and green space with positive huma...

The art of living and thriving in the Amazon river basin

Aug 16, 2018 (AFP)

Residents of the Mamiraua and Amana Sustainable Development Reserves, deep in the Amazon rainforest, are experts at the art of survival. But they're just as at ...

Save the trees, Niger urges ahead of roast sheep festival

Aug 16, 2018 (AFP)

The warning comes in the runup to Aid al-Adha -- widely known in West Africa as Tabaski -- next Wednesday. "On this one day, 395,000 sheep will be sacrificed in...

Poplar study shows trees can be genetically engineered not to spread

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

The "containment traits" that Oregon State University researchers engineered in the study are important because of societal concerns over gene flow - the spread...

Thinking big about sustainable construction with mass timber

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

Now, a project developed through an MIT class has come up with a highly energy-efficient design for a large community building that uses one of the world's olde...

The bark side of the force

Aug 09, 2018 (SPX)

As the vertical position is unstable - for both trees and humans - mechanisms are needed to offset the effect of gravity. To ensure that they grow vertically, t...

Mapping blue carbon in mangroves worldwide

Aug 06, 2018 (SPX)

When carbon is stored in the ocean or coastal ecosystems, including mangrove forests, it is called blue carbon. However, a more precise estimate of how much blu...

Animal and fungi diversity boosts forest health

Aug 01, 2018 (UPI)

The revelation is the result of a decade-long survey of several subtropical forests, all of them rich in biodiversity. Scientists conducted the survey in order ...

Watchdog urges China to clamp down on imports of illegal timber

Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)

The watchdog said in a new report that a large number of logging operations in the Pacific nation violated local laws despite holding government-issued permits....

Tropical forests may soon hinder, not help, climate change effort

Jul 30, 2018 (SPX)

Loss of trees to agriculture or livestock in tropical regions and the impact of climate change is limiting the forests' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a stud...

Behold the Amazonian eco-warrior drag queen

Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)

Whether carrying seeds, branches and other natural materials, Munduruku's creation Uyra, often submerged up to the waist in water, is a colourful extension of t...

Treetop species threatened by rising temperatures among forest canopies

Jul 27, 2018 (UPI)

When researchers surveyed temperature changes inside the forest canopies on Panama's Barro Colorado Island, they found the treetops regularly registered tempera...

Tropical forests could soon accelerate, not slow, global warming

Jul 27, 2018 (UPI)

Currently, new forest growth matches or slight outpaces deforestation among most tropical forests, ensuring they remain effective carbon sinks. But the forests ...

Fires spark biodiversity criticism of Sweden's forest industry

Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)

Forests, sacred in ancient Norse mythology, still cover 70 percent of Sweden's territory. They play an important part in its modern economy by supplying the raw...

Ancient farmers transformed Amazon and left an enduring legacy on the rainforest

Jul 24, 2018 (SPX)

Farmers had a more profound effect on the supposedly "untouched" rainforest than previously thought, introducing crops to new areas, boosting the number of edib...

In Mozambique, a joint fight against climate change and forest loss

Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)

Bigger than Luxembourg, the 2,800-square-kilometre (1,080-square-mile) forest seems to be reassuringly preserved, its hardwood treasure placed by Mozambique und...

Study shows 5,000 percent increase in native trees on rat-free Palmyra Atoll

Jul 19, 2018 (SPX)

In one of only a few studies of its kind, scientists measured the effects of rat removal on the tropical Pisonia grandis forest at Palmyra Atoll, which provides...