Forest News

Posted April 12, 2011:

• Greenhouse Gases from Forest Soils

Posted April 7, 2011:

• Sand Drift in Norway Caused by Sea-Level Changes and Human Activity
• Genetic Differences Influence the Structure of Ecological Communities
• Low Fertilizer Use Drives Deforestation in West Africa's Tropical Forest Area, Study Suggests

Posted April 4, 2011:

• Mangroves Among the Most Carbon-Rich Forests in the Tropics; Coastal Trees Key to Lowering Greenhouse Gases
• Mountain Pine Beetle Marching East from Alberta
• Tree Growth and Fecundity Affected More by Climate Change Than Previously Thought

Posted March 31, 2011:

• Climate Change and Evolution of Cross River Gorillas

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Declining Rainfall Is a Major Influence for Migrating Birds
• Hidden Elm Population May Hold Genes to Combat Dutch Elm Disease

Posted March 25, 2011:

• Participatory Mapping Workshops Underway in Congo
• Kudzu Vines Spreading North from US Southeast With Warming Climate
• Russian Boreal Forests Undergoing Vegetation Change, Study Shows

Posted March 24, 2011:

• Biodiversity and Sustainable Resource Use May Co-Exist in Tropical Forests

Posted March 22, 2011:

• Tree Resin Captures Key Evidence of Current and Ancient Insect Invasions

Posted March 16, 2011:

• Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Biomass Combustion

Posted March 14, 2011:

• Hawaii: New High-Resolution Carbon Mapping Techniques Provide More Accurate Results
• Old-Growth Tree Stumps Tell the Story of Fire in the Upper Midwest
• Water for an Integrative Climate Paradigm

Posted March 4, 2011:

• Sink or Source? A New Model to Measure Organic Carbon in Surface Waters

Posted March 3, 2011:

• Shrinking Tundra, Advancing Forests: How the Arctic Will Look by Century's End

Posted February 28, 2011:

• Hotspots of Carbon Confusion in Indonesia Threaten to Warm the World More Quickly

Posted February 25, 2011:

• Large Forest Animals Contribute to Plant Diversity
• Designing Forests to Protect Roads Below from Falling Rock
• Fire Paradox: Learning to Live With Fire

Posted February 23, 2011:

• New Bird to Science Emphasizes the Critical Need to Conserve the Remaining Dry Forests of Madagascar
• Bacteria Living on Old-Growth Trees

Posted February 21, 2011:

• Shifting Biomes in Alaska Illustrated in New Study

Posted February 20, 2011:

• Geographer Calls for Complexity in Sustainability Science Models

Posted February 18, 2011:

• Frequent, Severe Fires Turn Alaskan Forests Into a Carbon Production Line

Posted February 17, 2011:

• Turning Forests Into Fuel: Promise and Limits of Biomass Energy in Northeastern U.S.

Posted February 16, 2011:

• Insects Hold Atomic Clues About the Type of Habitats in Which They Live

Posted February 14, 2011:

• Why Are Vines Overtaking the American Tropics?

Posted February 9, 2011:

• Race Against Time to Find Apollo 14's Lost Voyagers: 'Moon Trees'
• Biogeochemistry at Core of Global Environmental Solutions: Coupled-Cycles Framework Key to Balancing Human Needs With Earth's Health

Posted February 8, 2011:

• Paper Archives Reveal Pollution's History

Posted February 3, 2011:

• Two Severe Amazon Droughts in Five Years Alarms Scientists

Posted February 1, 2011:

• Major Ecological Study on Borneo's Deforested Landscapes Launched

Posted January 28, 2011:

• Cocaine Production Increases Destruction of Colombia’s Rainforests

Posted January 24, 2011:

• Genome of Blue Stain Fungus Evolved to Bypass Tree Defense in Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic
• Humans Have Been Provoking Climate Change for Thousands of Years, Carbon History Shows

Posted January 23, 2011:

• Global Pacts Like REDD Ignore Primary Causes of Destruction of Forests, New Study Suggests
• Climate Change Threatens Many Tree Species

Posted January 20, 2011:

• War, Plague No Match for Deforestation in Driving CO₂ Buildup

Posted January 11, 2011:

• Old-Growth Forests Are What Giant Pandas Need

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Freshwater Methane Release Changes Greenhouse Gas Equation

Posted December 30, 2010:

• Landscape Tree Disease from 12 Wood Decay Fungi Studied

Posted December 27, 2010:

• Comprehensive Report on Sudden Oak Death

Posted December 21, 2010:

• Africa Has Two Elephant Species, Genetic Analysis Confirms

Posted December 15, 2010:

• Ancient Forest Emerges Mummified from the Arctic: Clues to Future Warming Impact

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