On Saturday, November 19, started nippy. I reached a remote area of the Shawnee State Forest in southern Ohio at dawn, the mercury at 13 degrees. Perfect, as I was after strange fleeting ice formations known as frost flowers. I found those, the first ones I had seen, but any finds that day would be …
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after a 15-year high, according to closely watched figures released Wednesday. The data was released by the National Institute for Space Research. The agency’s Prodes monitoring system shows the rainforest lost an area roughly the size of Qatar, some …
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Conceptual illustration of the effects of functional diversity (a) and trophic feedbacks on tree productivity (b) and experimental design (c). Credit: eLife (2022). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.78703 According to a study published today in eLife. The results suggest that the complex interactions between trees and other organisms must be carefully considered when determining the mix of trees …
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Conceptual illustration of the effects of functional diversity (a) and trophic feedbacks on tree productivity (b) and experimental design (c). Credit: eLife (2022). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.78703 According to a study published today in eLife. The results suggest that the complex interactions between trees and other organisms must be carefully considered when determining the mix of trees …
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Many companies promising “net zero” emissions to protect the climate support this claim by investing in large tracts of forests to capture carbon. It turns out that this strategy does not work very well. On paper, carbon offsets appear to balance a company’s carbon emissions: the company pays to protect trees, which absorb carbon dioxide …
Although many Americans still associate the winter holidays with chestnuts, the tree that once produced them – the American chestnut – no longer does, except in rare cases. During the first half of the 20th century, billions of chestnut trees died due to an exotic fungus, which was introduced into this country on Japanese chestnut. …
BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Up to 2.4 million trees would be felled as part of a project to prevent major wildfires in a federally protected New Jersey forest heralded as a unique environmental treasure. New Jersey environment officials say the plan to kill trees in a section of Bass River State Forest is designed …
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Trees are recognized as one of our best tools for fighting climate change, but researchers conducting experiments east of Fredericton say there’s no guarantee future forests will absorb more gases. greenhouse effect than they emit. And, some argue that we should adjust forest management practices now to improve the odds. “When you hear on the …
