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Reforestation May Lower the Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Forests
May 28, 2010 — Scientists in the U.S. and China have found that reforestation and afforestation -- the creation of new forests -- may lower the potential of forests for climate change ... > full story -
Rosewood Trees Face Extinction Amid Madagascar's Chaos
May 27, 2010 — Political and social chaos and a lack of international protections have put several species of rosewood trees in Madagascar in danger of becoming extinct from illegal logging, according to new ... > full story -
20th Century One of Driest in Nine Centuries for Northwest Africa
May 25, 2010 — Droughts in the late 20th century rival some of North Africa's major droughts of centuries past, reveals new research that peers back in time to the year 1179. The first multi-century drought ... > full story -
NASA, Google Data Show North Korea Logging in Protected Area
May 17, 2010 — Using NASA satellite data and Google Earth, a Purdue University researcher has reported finding evidence that North Korea has been logging in what is designated as a protected United Nations forest ... > full story -
New 'Tree of Life' Established for One of the Largest Groups of Bacteria
May 17, 2010 — A new "tree of life" has been constructed by researchers for the gamma-proteobacteria, a large group of medically and scientifically important bacteria. By building powerful phylogenetic trees, ... > full story -
Strategies for Increasing Carbon Stored in Forests and Wood
May 13, 2010 — While the US and other world leaders consider options for offsetting carbon emissions, it is important to take into account the role forests play in the global carbon cycle, say scientists in a new ... > full story -
Rate of Childhood Peanut Allergies More Than Tripled from 1997 to 2008
May 12, 2010 — Results of a nationwide telephone survey have shown that the rate of peanut allergies in children more than tripled from 1997 to ... > full story -
Clash of the Mites: Hot on the Heels of a Destructive Coconut Pest
May 11, 2010 — Biological control experts are sending mites after their own kind as researchers make headway in an initiative to naturally manage the most invasive and destructive pest of the crop, the coconut mite ... > full story -
Feeling Stressed? So Is the Poplar -- But Hormone Suppression Could Help the Tree
May 6, 2010 — Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that poplar trees use to adapt to changing soil conditions, as well as some of the genes that turn the process on or ... > full story -
Clues to Neuronal Health Found in Tree-Like Nerve Cell Structures
May 6, 2010 — Using the small, round worm C. elegans, researchers have discovered how elaborate dendritic trees (tree-like nerve structures) are formed and maintained. Possible applications include treatments for ... > full story
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