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Canopy Structure More Important to Climate Than Leaf Nitrogen Levels, Study Claims
December 3, 2012 — Claims that forest leaves rich in nitrogen may aid in reflecting infrared radiation -- thereby cooling the atmosphere -- have been challenged by new research that shows that the structure of forests' ... > full story -
'Come out of the Forest' to Save the Trees
December 3, 2012 — Global forestry experts call for broadened approach to tackle climate change and deforestation on sidelines of UN climate ... > full story -
Research in Southern India Provides a Sweet Look at Preservation of Ecological Knowledge
November 30, 2012 — A professor in anthropology studies behavioral and evolutionary ecology in small-scale societies. Her latest project looks at the honey-gathering Jenu Kuruba tribe in South India and how its cultural ... > full story -
Camera Trap Photo of Rare Cat Wins Prize
November 29, 2012 — A photo of a little known Bolivian cat species called an oncilla has been taken by a camera ... > full story -
How Climate Change Could Affect Entire Forest Ecosystems
November 28, 2012 — 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 each pine needle of every tree in a ... > full story -
Increasing Drought Stress Challenges Vulnerable Hydraulic System of Plants, Professor Finds
November 27, 2012 — The hydraulic system of trees is so finely-tuned that predicted increases in drought due to climate change may lead to catastrophic failure in many species. A recent paper finds that those systems in ... > full story -
Cutting Real Christmas Trees Less Environmentally Harmful Than Using an Artificial One for Six Years, Biologists Say
November 27, 2012 — Given recent extreme weather events – the summer’s brutal heat and subsequent drought, followed by Superstorm Sandy’s disastrous path – newly green-conscious consumers may be ... > full story -
Drought Affects Mediterranean Truffle Harvest
November 27, 2012 — An international research team has for the first time linked a continuous decline of the Périgord truffle with long-term Mediterranean summer ... > full story -
Dendroecology, an Ally of the Conservation for Biodiversity
November 26, 2012 — Researchers suggest the use of dendroecology, the dating of past events through study of tree ring growth, to enhance the management and conservation of the Pinus Nigra within the center of the ... > full story -
Climate Change: Believing and Seeing Implies Adapting
November 22, 2012 — To communicate climate change and adaptation to stakeholders such as European forest owners is a challenge. A capacity to adapt to climate change has, until now, mainly been understood as how trees ... > full story
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