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Brazil builds giant tower in Amazon to monitor climate
Sep 14, 2014 (AFP)
Brazil is building a giant observation tower in the heart of the Amazon to monitor climate change and its impact on the region's sensitive ecosystem, a newspape...
Amazon deforestation up 29 pc in 2013 -- Brazil
Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)
Deforestation in the Amazon rose 29 percent between August 2012 and July of last year to 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 square miles), Brazilian officials said ...
New NASA Probe Will Study Earth's Forests in 3-D
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
A laser-based instrument being developed for the International Space Station will provide a unique 3-D view of Earth's forests, helping to fill in missing infor...
Climate change could 'fundamentally alter' US forests
Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)
Wildfires, insects and drought are crippling forests in the western United States' iconic Rocky Mountains, scientists warned on Wednesday, urging more efforts t...
Brazil cracks 'biggest' Amazon deforestation gang
Aug 28, 2014 (AFP)
Police in Brazil have broken up an Amazon deforestation gang considered the worst currently active, officials said Wednesday. The gang would invade public land ...
Brazil arrests 8 in Amazon deforestation swoop
Aug 28, 2014 (AFP)
Brazilian police said Thursday they had made eight arrests in raids to smash a gang considered the worst perpetrators of deforestation in the Amazon region. "Ei...
World's primary forests on the brink
Aug 19, 2014 (SPX)
An international team of conservationist scientists and practitioners has published new research showing the precarious state of the world's primary forests. Th...
New analysis links tree height to climate
Aug 19, 2014 (SPX)
What limits the height of trees? Is it the fraction of their photosynthetic energy they devote to productive new leaves? Or is it their ability to hoist water h...
Loss of Eastern Hemlock Affects Peak Flows after Extreme Storm Events
Aug 13, 2014 (SPX)
The loss of eastern hemlock could affect water yield and storm flow from forest watersheds in the southern Appalachians, according to a new study by U.S. Forest...
Girl, 4, survives 11-day ordeal in bear-infested Siberian forest
Aug 13, 2014 (AFP)
A four-year-old girl was recovering in hospital Wednesday after being lost for nearly two weeks in a bear-infested forest in the Russian north with only her pup...
Forest-thinning projects tabled over endangered species concerns
Aug 11, 2014 (UPI)
Forest-thinning projects in Arizona and California have been put on hold amid concerns over the health and safety of endangered species in the forest. In Flagst...
Forests for the future: Kenya's carbon credit scheme
Aug 10, 2014 (AFP)
When 61-year old Mercy Joshua was young, the vast forests of southeastern Kenya teemed with wildlife, but decades of unchecked deforestation by locals have deva...
Selective logging takes its toll on mammals, amphibians
Aug 05, 2014 (SPX)
The selective logging of trees in otherwise intact tropical forests can take a serious toll on the number of animal species living there. Mammals and amphibians...
Urban heat boosts some pest populations 200-fold, killing red maples
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
New research from North Carolina State University shows that urban "heat islands" are slowly killing red maples in the southeastern United States. One factor is...
Borneo deforested 30 percent over past 40 years
Jul 18, 2014 (SPX)
Forest cover in Borneo may have declined by up to 30% over the past 40 years, according to a study published July 16, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE b...
Reducing Travel Assisted Firewood Insect Spread
Jul 16, 2014 (SPX)
The spread of damaging invasive forest pests is only partially powered by the insects' own wings. People moving firewood for camping can hasten and widen the in...
One secret of ancient amber revealed
Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)
The warm beauty of amber was captivating and mysterious enough to inspire myths in ancient times, and even today, some of its secrets remain locked inside the f...
Hunting gives deer-damaged forests a shot at recovery
Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)
Regulated deer hunts in Indiana state parks have helped restore the health of forests suffering from decades of damage caused by overabundant populations of whi...
Invasion of yellow crazy ant in Seychelles palm forests
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
The yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes is ranked amongst the top 100 worst global invasive species and is responsible for catastrophic ecological impacts o...
Amazon logging and fires release 54m tons of carbon a year
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
A study conducted by scientists in Brazil and the United Kingdom has quantified the impact that selective logging, partial destruction by burning, and fragmenta...
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