Acorns of Quercus bambusifolia, an endangered oak found in China and Vietnam. Credit: The Morton Arboretum First complete global extinction risk assessment reveals bleak future…
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An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this oblique photograph that shows most of the West African country of Guinea-Bissau, along with neighboring…
The capacity of the Amazon forest to store carbon in a changing climate will ultimately be determined by how fast trees die – and what…
A recent study examining carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forests demonstrated that although large-diameter trees (21 inches) only comprised 3% of total stems, they accounted…
A view of an agroforestry production system in Lampung province, Indonesia in 2017. Credit: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Tropical fruit trees can improve…
Smoke rises from a fire burning deep in peat soils. Credit: Chris Lowie/USFWS Imperial College London researchers have simulated for the first time how soil…
Laser technology has been used to measure the volume and biomass of giant Californian redwood trees for the first time, records a new study by…
This map overlays the probability of burn severity in California’s northern coastal mountains, as forecasted in a UC Davis study, with burn perimeters of wildfires…
Primary forests are crucial for biodiversity conservation and store high quantities of carbon in biomass, therefore helping to mitigate climate change. Credit: Tzvetan Zlatanov Europe’s…
With backpack vacuums, the research team went looking for nonnative plant seeds on air-intake grilles of refrigerated shipping containers — and found thousands of them.…
Drought in the Amazon affects larger trees more severely as they are more likely to die from hydraulic failure. Credit: David Bartholomew Small trees that…
Douglas firs are the most abundant trees in North America. Their ecological niche spans Southern Mexico to the Northern Rockies. Warming Will Reduce Trees’ Ability…
An international team of scientists have identified candidate resistance genes that could protect ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a deadly pest that…
(Click image for full view.) Trunk and seedling of a long-lived pioneer (Cavanillesia platanifolia). Giant long-lived pioneers store most of the biomass in this tropical…
An aerial view of a tropical forest along the eastern Pacific Ocean shoreline of Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Credit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute All living…
Forests are becoming shorter and younger because of a range of factors, a new study says. PNNL-led researchers: Conditions that started decades ago are changing…
An example of boreal peatlands and forest in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Credit: Manuel Helbig, McMaster University A group of 59 international scientists, led by researchers…
Trees are a small piece of what needs to be a broader strategy of fighting climate change, says ecologist Karen Holl. Credit: Pedro Brancalion Campaigns…
Since 1982, more than 200,000 trees are measured every five years on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. Credit: Christian Ziegler A group of trees that…
Tropical forest ecosystems are an important part of the global carbon cycle as they take up and store large amounts of CO2. It is however…