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Mangrove loss threatens Bengal tiger
Jan 10, 2013 (UPI)
Parts of the world's largest mangrove forest are disappearing, taking endangered species like the Bengal tiger with them, British zoologists say. Rapid deterior...
Greeks ravage forests to heat homes
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
Greek authorities said Tuesday they seized 13,000 tonnes of illegally cut wood last year as Greeks increasingly ravage forests to heat their homes amid a rise i...
Philippines anger at logging ban murder
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippine government has voiced outrage at "ruthless" illegal loggers intent on defying a nationwide ban on destroying forests, following the New Year's Da...
Amazon deforestation brings loss of microbial communities
Dec 27, 2012 (SPX)
An international team of microbiologists led by Klaus Nusslein of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found that a troubling net loss in diversity among...
World's smelliest and largest flower blooms in Brazil
Dec 27, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of visitors are flocking daily to a botanical garden in southeastern Brazil to watch the rare blooming of the Titan arum, the world's smelliest and lar...
Deforestation in the Amazon equals net losses of diversity for microbial communities
Dec 27, 2012 (SPX)
Research from an international team of microbiologists has revealed a new concern about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest - a troubling net loss in the div...
Death of hemlock trees yields new life for hardwood trees, but at what cost to the ecosystem?
Dec 26, 2012 (SPX)
Due to the introduction of exotic pests and pathogens, tree species are being eliminated one by one from forest ecosystems. In some cases, scientists can observ...
Oldest timber constructions unearthed
Dec 24, 2012 (UPI)
Archaeologists in Germany say they've used tree-ring data to identify four ancient water wells as some of the world's oldest timber constructions. A research te...
Scientists Use Satellite Data to Map Invasive Species in Great Lakes Wetlands
Dec 20, 2012 (SPX)
Phragmites australis, an invasive species of plant called common reed, grows rapidly into dense stands of tall plants that pose an extreme threat to Great Lakes...
More bang for bugs
Dec 18, 2012 (SPX)
A new study from the rainforests of Panama provides an unprecedented level of detail regarding the diversity and distribution of arthropod species from the soil...
Cloud forest trees drink water through their leaves
Dec 18, 2012 (SPX)
Tropical montane cloud forest trees use more than their roots to take up water. They also drink water from clouds directly through their leaves, University of C...
Xmas tree genome very much the same over the last 100 million years
Dec 17, 2012 (SPX)
A study published by Universite Laval researchers and their colleagues from the Canadian Forest Service reveals that the genome of conifers such as spruce, pine...
If you cut down a tree in the forest, can wildlife hear it?
Dec 17, 2012 (SPX)
A new tool developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its partners is being used by scientists and land managers to model how noise travels throug...
Warming climate unlikely to cause extinction of ancient Amazon trees
Dec 17, 2012 (SPX)
New genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive man-made climate warming in the coming century, contrary to previous findi...
As Amazon urbanizes, rural fires burn unchecked
Dec 12, 2012 (SPX)
Over past decades, many areas of the forested Amazon basin have become a patchwork of farms, pastures and second-growth forest as people have moved in and clear...
World's biggest, oldest trees are dying: research
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
Scientists Friday warned of an alarming increase in the death rates of the largest living organisms on the planet, the giant, old trees that harbour and sustain...
'Come out of the forest' to save the trees
Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)
Forestry experts have called for a new approach to managing land and tackling climate change - challenging the ongoing debate that forests have to be sacrificed...
Canopy structure more important to climate than leaf nitrogen levels
Dec 06, 2012 (SPX)
Claims that forest leaves rich in nitrogen may aid in reflecting infrared radiation - helping cool the atmosphere - have been challenged by new research that sh...
Ash dieback poses threat
Dec 01, 2012 (UPI)
The British government has asked that property owners either remove or trim branches from ash trees that are suffering from dieback fungus. If the trees are not...
New study shows how climate change could affect entire forest ecosystems
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
The fog comes in, and a drop of water forms on a pine needle, rolls down the needle, and falls to the forest floor. The process is repeated over and over, on ea...
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