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One tree's architecture reveals secrets of a forest
Aug 08, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers in the University of Arizona's department of ecology and evolutionary biology have found that despite differences in appearance, trees across specie...
Could planting trees in the desert mitigate climate change
Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)
As the world starts feeling the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and consequent global temperature rise, researchers are looking for a Plan B to...
Wasps being used to fight tree disease
Aug 04, 2013 (UPI)
Citrus growers in California are using predatory wasps to combat a tree bacteria threatening their orchards. The tiny, parasitic wasps -- scientifically known a...
Drought making trees more susceptible to dying in forest fires
Aug 02, 2013 (UPI)
Prolonged droughts are weakening trees and causing more of them to die in forest fires in the western United States, a study indicates. Trees are being weakened...
Tropical Ecosystems Boost Carbon Dioxide as Temperatures Rise
Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)
NASA scientists and an international team of researchers have found tropical ecosystems can generate significant carbon dioxide when temperatures rise, unlike e...
Mini-monsters of the forest floor
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
A University of Utah biologist has identified 33 new species of predatory ants in Central America and the Caribbean, and named about a third of the tiny but mon...
7 arrested in murder of Costa Rican environmentalist
Jul 31, 2013 (AFP)
Costa Rican police arrested seven people Wednesday in connection with the murder of an environmentalist who was killed protecting sea turtle nesting areas from ...
China passes laws to protect country's rare and ancient trees
Jul 30, 2013 (UPI)
Officials in China's southernmost province, Hainan, say people chopping down ancient trees can be fined as much as $65,000 per tree under a new law. A regulatio...
Computer can infer rules of the forest
Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)
A forest full of rabbits and foxes, a bubbling vat of chemical reactants, and complex biochemical circuitry within a cell are, to a computer, similar systems: M...
Boreal Forests in Alaska Becoming More Flammable
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
A 2,000-square-kilometer zone in the Yukon Flats of interior Alaska--one of the most flammable high-latitude regions of the world--has seen a dramatic increase ...
US debt deal helps Philippines save forests
Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)
The United States will help preserve the Philippines' rapidly vanishing tropical rainforests under an $31.8-million debt-to-aid conversion signed in Manila on T...
Oil palm genome boosts hopes for tropical forests
Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)
Sequencing of the oil palm, one of the world's most important crops, has pinpointed a gene that should boost yields and ease pressure on tropical rainforests, s...
Most flammable boreal forests in North America become more so
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
A 2,000-square-kilometer zone in the Yukon Flats of interior Alaska - one of the most flammable high-latitude regions of the world, according to scientists - ha...
Black Bears Return to Missouri Indicates Healthy Forests
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
For nearly a century, the only bears known to reside in Missouri were on the state flag or in captivity. Unregulated hunting and habitat loss had wiped out most...
Loss of African woodland may impact on climate
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
Deforestation in parts of Africa could be reversed with changes to land use, a study suggests. A more strategic approach to managing trees across the continent ...
80 percent of Malaysian Borneo degraded by logging
Jul 19, 2013 (SPX)
A study published in the July 17, issue of the journal PLOS ONE found that more than 80% of tropical forests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by l...
Stora Enso struggles into profit, eyes China project
Jul 19, 2013 (AFP)
Finnish paper maker Stora Enso returned to profit in the second quarter, but the figures it reported on Friday were sharply down on a 12-month basis and fell sh...
Deforestation spikes in Brazil over last year: group
Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)
Deforestation has soared in the Brazilian Amazon since a new forestry code was passed last year at the urging of the agribusiness lobby, a non-profit environmen...
Changing Atmosphere Affects How Much Water Trees Need
Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)
Spurred by increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, forests over the last two decades have become dramatically more efficient in how they use water. Sci...
Walmart store planned for endangered Florida forest
Jul 14, 2013 (UPI)
A significant chunk of a rare endangered forest in South Florida, not far from Miami, is set to be cleared to make way for a new Walmart. As expected, environme...
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