Forest News

Posted May 4, 2008:

• Limitations Of Charcoal As An Effective Carbon Sink

Posted April 30, 2008:

• Before Fossil Fuels, Earth's Minerals Kept Carbon Dioxide In Check
• Restoration Of A Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem Successful On Small-scale

Posted April 28, 2008:

• Tropical Reforestation Aided By Bats

Posted April 23, 2008:

• Researchers Propose Way To Incorporate Deforestation Into Climate Change Treaty

Posted April 15, 2008:

• Forests' Long-term Potential For Carbon Offsetting

Posted April 7, 2008:

• Laurel Wilt Of Redbay And Sassafras: Will Avocados Be Next?

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Tropical Forests Not Likely To Limit Expected Rapid Rise In Carbon Dioxide, Major Study Suggests
• Global Warming Bringing Early Spring Seasons To Eurasian Forests

Posted March 31, 2008:

• Faster Hawaiian Tree Growth Without Adverse Ecosystem Effects

Posted March 29, 2008:

• Can You Rescue A Rainforest? The Answer May Be Yes

Posted March 27, 2008:

• Logging Road Threatens Rare Peat Dome, Tigers

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Rwanda Conservation Effort To Link Isolated Chimps To Distant Forest

Posted March 19, 2008:

• Turtle Nesting Threatened By Logging Practices In Gabon, Smithsonian Warns

Posted March 14, 2008:

• Amphibians Respond Behaviorally To Impact Of Clear Cutting

Posted March 6, 2008:

• Invading Trees Put Rainforests At Risk
• Secrets Of Cooperation Between Trees And Fungi Revealed

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Warming Climate May Cause Arctic Tundra To Burn
• Ski Tourism Stressing Threatening European Bird

Posted March 4, 2008:

• Will Global Warming Increase Plant Frost Damage?

Posted March 2, 2008:

• Future ‘Battlegrounds’ for Habitat Conservation Very Different to Those in Past

Posted February 29, 2008:

• Destruction Of Sumatra Forests Driving Global Climate Change And Species Extinction
• Stakeholders Use Science To Find Common Ground On Wood Supply From Forests

Posted February 24, 2008:

• Amazon Corridors Far Too Narrow, Warn Scientists

Posted February 19, 2008:

• New Method For Measuring Biodiversity Makes It Easier To Identify Key Species
• National Biomass And Carbon Dataset Now Available For US

Posted February 18, 2008:

• Predicting The Perfect Predator To Control Invasive Species

Posted February 14, 2008:

• Singing In The Rainforest: Public Vs. Private Signaling By A Tropical Rainforest Bird

Posted February 12, 2008:

• Nitrogen Pollution Boosts Plant Growth In Tropics By 20 Percent

Posted February 7, 2008:

• Tipping Elements In Earth's Climate System

Posted January 24, 2008:

• Forests Could Benefit When Fall Color Comes Late

Posted January 22, 2008:

• 'Nonlinear' Ecosystem Response Points To Environmental Solutions

Posted January 17, 2008:

• Rwanda's Gishwati Forest Selected As Site For Historic Conservation Project
• Tree Genetics Unlocked, Giving New Hope For Pine Beetle Defense

Posted January 15, 2008:

• Plan Developed For Restoring California Fisher Populations

Posted January 8, 2008:

• Will Intensive Forest Practices Impact Water Quality?
• Amber Fossils Reveal Ancient France Was A Jungle
• No Convincing Evidence For Decline In Tropical Forests

Posted January 2, 2008:

• Forest Service Launches Web-based Forest Threats Viewing Tool
• Orangutan Plan To Curb Carbon Emissions
• Report Finds Deforestation Offers Very Little Money Compared To Potential Financial Benefits

Posted December 20, 2007:

• Elevated Carbon Dioxide Changes Soil Microbe Mix Below Plants, May Help Plants Grow

Posted December 18, 2007:

• Two New Mammal Species Discovered In Indonesia's Wilderness

Posted December 16, 2007:

• New Carbon Calculator Aims To Conserve Forests

Posted December 15, 2007:

• New, Rare And Threatened Species Discovered In Ghana
• Carbon Dioxide Expelled From Peatland When Natural Swamp Forest Is Converted To Oil Palm

Posted December 13, 2007:

• New Model Revises Estimates Of Terrestrial Carbon Dioxide Uptake

Posted December 12, 2007:

• More Plant Litter From Higher Carbon Dioxide Could Boost Carbon Released Into Atmosphere

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