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Native-American settlement modified Western New York forests
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
A new study by University at Buffalo geographers explores how humans altered the arboreal make-up of Western New York forests before European settlers arrived i...
New tropical tree species await discovery
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
A global analysis raises the minimum estimated number of tropical tree species to at least 40,000 to 53,000 worldwide in a paper appearing in Proceedings of the...
Not all national parks are created equal
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
The forest cover on earth is shrinking at an alarming rate of around 50,000 square miles annually, roughly six times the size of Okinawa every month. To counter...
Conservationists press Jakarta to follow industry lead on forests
Jun 07, 2015 (AFP)
Conservationists are urging the Indonesian government to listen to business and start taking deforestation seriously after a major paper giant joined the growin...
Fertilization regimen reduces environmental impact of landscape palms
Jun 03, 2015 (SPX)
Palms are an important part of the environment in subtropical and warm temperate climates. Palms' aesthetics and small "footprints" make them desirable in a var...
Researchers solve puzzle as to how forests can effect our climate
Jun 03, 2015 (SPX)
A first global scale study has estimated how forest emitted compounds affecting cloud seeds via formation of low-volatility vapours. According to the latest pro...
Location matters in the lowland Amazon
Jun 03, 2015 (SPX)
You know the old saying: Location, location, location? It turns out that it applies to the Amazon rainforest, too. New work from Carnegie's Greg Asner illustrat...
Morocco's majestic cedars threatened by climate change
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
The cedar tree, considered by many to be Morocco's national treasure, is coming under attack from climate change, greedy humans who indulge in illegal logging, ...
Greenpeace calls for probe into DR Congo wood trade
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
Greenpeace on Tuesday called on the United States, Europe and China to launch probes into companies selling lumber from the Democratic Republic of Congo where i...
Drought-induced tree mortality accelerating in forests
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have found that drought and heat-induced tree mortality is accelerating in many forest biomes as a consequence of ...
British designer growing trees into furniture
May 24, 2015 (AFP)
Deep in the English countryside, there's a bizarre sight: rows of trees being grown into upside-down chairs, slowly taking shape over years of careful nurturing...
Study reveals how eastern US forests came to be
May 22, 2015 (SPX)
Plant hunters traveling between North America and Asia in the 1800s noticed a bizarre pattern: collections they brought back from China and Japan were strikingl...
Ecuador breaks Guinness reforestation record
May 16, 2015 (AFP)
Ecuador broke a world record for reforestation Saturday, as thousands of people pitched in to plant 647,250 trees of more than 200 species, President Rafael Cor...
Impact of increased atmospheric CO2 concentration on European trees
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
Increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations have already caused large-scale physiological responses of European forests. In particular, the efficiency of water-use...
Research aims to restore riparian corridors and an iconic tree
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
Research by the U.S. Forest Service at the Finger Lakes National Forest (FLNF) is exploring whether native trees can restore a degraded stream corridor and whet...
Indonesia extends landmark logging moratorium
May 14, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesia has extended a landmark moratorium aimed at preserving the archipelago's vast swathes of tropical rainforest, but environmentalists said Thursday the ...
Increased atmospheric CO2 makes trees use water more efficiently
May 14, 2015 (SPX)
The increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration has allowed trees across Europe to use their available water resources more efficiently, new research has shown. O...
Citizen science helps predict spread of sudden oak death
May 09, 2015 (SPX)
Efforts to predict the emergence and spread of sudden oak death, an infectious tree-killing disease, have gotten a big boost from the work of grassroots volunte...
Forests could be the trump card in efforts to end global hunger
May 08, 2015 (SPX)
About one in nine people globally still suffer from hunger with the majority of the hungry living in Africa and Asia. The world's forests have great potential t...
Forest canopies buffer against climate change
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
When temperatures rise and less water falls, forests respond. Forest canopies can buffer juvenile trees from drought and heat by providing shade for the younger...
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