Forest News

Posted November 16, 2009:

• New Climate Treaty Could Put Species at Risk, Scientists Argue
• Potential Ecological Costs and Co-Benefits of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Reducing Greenhouse Gases May Not Be Enough To Slow Climate Change

Posted November 10, 2009:

• California's Ancient Kelp Forest
• New Fossil Plant Discovery Links Patagonia To New Guinea In A Warmer Past
• Climate Studies To Benefit From 12 Years Of Satellite Aerosol Data

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Ants Are Friendly To Some Trees, But Not Others
• Well-Traveled Wasps Provide Hope For Vanishing Species

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Can Biodiversity Persist In The Face Of Climate Change?
• DNA 'Barcode' For Tropical Trees

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Innovative Plan To Save Rainforest, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Nasca People Of Ancient Peru: Forest Clearances Sealed Civilization's Downfall

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species
• Trees Facilitate Wildfires As A Way To Protect Their Habitat

Posted October 28, 2009:

• First Evidence For A Second Breeding Season Among Migratory Songbirds

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Endemic Birds Thrive On Timor-Leste's 'Lost World' Mountain

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Climate Scientists Uncover Major Accounting Flaw In Kyoto Protocol And Other Climate Legislation

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Nitrogen Mysteries In Urban Grasslands

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Carbon-Offsetting And Conservation Can Both Be Winners In Rainforest
• Global Warming May Spur Increased Growth In Pacific Northwest Forests

Posted October 13, 2009:

• First Neotropical Rainforest Was Home Of The Titanoboa World's Biggest Snake
• Orangutans Unique In Movement Through Tree Tops
• A Tree's Response To Environmental Changes: What Can We Expect Over The Next 100 Years?

Posted October 8, 2009:

• Nitrogen Deposition Limits Climate Change Impacts On Carbon Sequestration

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Panama Butterfly Migrations Linked To El Niño, Climate Change

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Killer Bees May Increase Food Supplies For Native Bees
• New Ancient Fungus Finding Suggests World's Forests Were Wiped Out In Global Catastrophe
• Pathways Of Movement Of Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Described

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Tennessee Foresters Helping To Return Chestnuts To American Forests

Posted September 27, 2009:

• Climate Change Mitigation Strategies Ignore Carbon Cycling Processes Of Inland Waters, Scientists Say

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Rhododendron Expansion May Increase The Chance Of Landslides On Southern Appalachian Slopes

Posted September 20, 2009:

• Uncertain Future Predicted For Forests

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Chloride Found At Levels That Can Harm Aquatic Life In Urban Streams Of Northern US
• Exotic Timber Plantations Found To Use More Than Twice The Water Of Native Forests

Posted September 16, 2009:

• As Ash Borer Claims More Trees, Researcher Works For Species Survival

Posted September 14, 2009:

• New Carbon Dioxide Data Helps Unlock The Secrets Of Antarctic Formation

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Pollution From California Wildfires Spreads Across The United States

Posted September 2, 2009:

• Potential Of World's Ecosystems To Combat Climate Change

Posted September 1, 2009:

• Using Thread-Like Fungi To Help High Elevation Pines Grow

Posted August 27, 2009:

• Small Rodents Discourage Oak And Pine Forests And Encourage Formation Of Scrubland In Spain

Posted August 25, 2009:

• World's Last Great Forest Under Threat: New Study
• First Measure Of Africa's Coastal Forests: Swampy Mangrove Destruction Threatens Shrimp Farming

Posted August 22, 2009:

• Orchids And Fungi Partners For Life

Posted August 20, 2009:

• Specialists Are Better At Avoiding Predators

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Agricultural Methods Of Early Civilizations May Have Altered Global Climate

Posted August 17, 2009:

• Why More Autumn Leaves Are Red In America And Yellow In Europe: New Theory

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