Forest News
May 21, 2024
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May 14, 2024 The balsam woolly adelgid, a tiny nonnative flightless insect, is spreading across the American West killing subalpine fir in northern Utah's recreation-heavy mountain ranges and canyons. Rsearchers document a close association between the pest's ...
May 14, 2024 Severe wildfires can drive chemical changes in soil that affect ecosystem recovery and risks to human health. A new study finds broader surveillance and modeling of these changes could inform strategies for protecting lives, property and natural ...
May 9, 2024 New research has looked into the potential effects of increased rainfall in regions being earmarked for expansion of temperate rainforests. Amid global calls for more trees to be planted as part of ...
May 2, 2024 Climate change and human activities like deforestation are causing more fires in central and west Africa's wet, tropical forests, according to the first-ever comprehensive survey there. The fires have long been ...
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May 2, 2024 Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Europe's forests have already been severely affected by climate change. Thousands of hectares of trees have already died due to drought and bark beetles. Scientists have now investigated which trees ...
Anthropologist Documents How Women and Shepherds Historically Reduced Wildfire Risk in Central Italy
Apr. 26, 2024 Fire management lessons from the past could help to improve resilience as the Mediterranean faces increased fire risk from climate change. How ...
Apr. 25, 2024 In the boreal forest of Western Canada, researchers have considered that both changing climate and increased habitat alteration have enabled deer to push farther ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Researchers found that forests with higher trait diversity not only adapt better to climate change but may also thrive. The study unveiled how tree functional trait diversity plays a pivotal role in ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Many American companies are relying on carbon offsets to reduce their carbon footprint, especially those who have pledged to achieve 'net-zero emissions.' Sequestering carbon in forests is an example ...
Apr. 23, 2024 A study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian ...
Apr. 17, 2024 During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb ...
Apr. 16, 2024 Arctic and boreal latitudes are warming faster than any other region on ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...
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Apr. 10, 2024 Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe droughts and wildfires, invasive species, and large insect outbreaks -- all intensified by climate change -- ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Modelling climate change over a 500 year period shows that much of the boreal forest, the Earth's northernmost forests and most significant provider of carbon storage and clean water, could be ...
Apr. 2, 2024 The oldest trees in the forest help to prevent the disappearance of endangered species in the natural environment, according to a new study. This is the case of the wolf lichen -- threatened ...
Mar. 28, 2024 A recent study reveals an unexpected link between manganese -- a naturally occurring mineral -- and increased carbon emissions from high-latitude boreal forests. The study uncovers how manganese ...
Mar. 26, 2024 A new study provides a global analysis of where restoration of tree cover is most effective at cooling the global climate system, considering not just the cooling from carbon storage but also the ...
Mar. 25, 2024 When officials make tough calls on which areas to prioritize for conservation, biodiversity is often their top consideration. But there are several types of diversity, and not all of them overlap ...
Mar. 25, 2024 A new study reveals how fire suppression ensures that wildfires will burn under extreme conditions at high severity, exacerbating the impacts of climate change and fuel ...
Mar. 21, 2024 Forests and streams are separate but linked ecosystems, existing side by side, with energy and nutrients crossing their porous borders and flowing back and forth between them. For example, leaves ...
Mar. 14, 2024 We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or 'cold-blooded' animals such as ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Carbon dioxide emissions are not typically associated with water ways, like streams and rivers, but emerging research shows that water bodies play an important role in storing and releasing carbon ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Soil stores 80 percent of carbon on earth, yet with increasing cycles of drought, that crucial reservoir is cracking and breaking down, releasing even more greenhouse gases creating an amplified ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Imported giant sequoia trees are well adapted to the UK, growing at rates close to their native ranges and capturing large amounts of carbon during their long lives, finds a new ...
Mar. 12, 2024 Rainforest seedlings are more likely to survive in natural forests than in places where logging has happened -- even if tree restoration projects have taken place, new research ...
Mar. 4, 2024 A new study found differences at the cellular level of leaves from infected Beech trees -- variations that may account for tree ...
Mar. 2, 2024 After one of the most intense cyclones in world history tore through the Pacific island of Tanna in Vanuatu, new research showed the resilience of the island's ...
Feb. 29, 2024 Eight new Pacific bee species and new insights into Fijian bird behaviour on Viti Levu Island have been described in new scientific studies. The research highlights the potential for species ...
Feb. 28, 2024 A new study highlights a crucial biosphere feedback mechanism and its effects on releasing soil carbon into the ...
Feb. 26, 2024 Forests have a critical role to play in capturing and storing carbon from the Earth's atmosphere -- but some models exaggerate their carbon removal potential by almost three-fold, according to a ...
Feb. 22, 2024 The side effects of large-scale forestation initiatives could reduce the CO2 removal benefits by up to a third, a pioneering study has ...
Feb. 22, 2024 Forests in the coolest, wettest parts of the western Pacific Northwest are likely to see the biggest increases in burn probability, fire size and number of blazes as the climate continues to get ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Species Diversity Is Directly Correlated With Productivity in Eastern U.S. Forests
- Unintended Consequences of Fire Suppression
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Unique Way to Track Carbon Emissions in Bodies of Water
- Drought, Soil Desiccation Cracking, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: An Overlooked Feedback Loop Exacerbating Climate Change
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Giant Sequoias Are a Rapidly Growing Feature of the UK Landscape
- Rainforest's Next Generation of Trees Threatened 30 Years After Logging
Monday, March 4, 2024
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
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Monday, February 26, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Side Effects of Wide Scale Forestation Could Reduce Carbon Removal Benefits by Up to a Third
- Cooler, Wetter Parts of Pacific Northwest Likely to See More Fires, New Simulations Predict
- Carbon Emissions from the Destruction of Mangrove Forests Predicted to Increase by 50,000% by the End of the Century
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- How Is Deforested Land in Africa Used?
- Reforestation Programs Could Threaten Vast Area of Tropical Grasslands
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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Monday, February 12, 2024
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- How Kelp Forests Persisted Through the Large 2014-2016 Pacific Marine Heatwave
- Complex Tree Canopies Help Forests Recover from Moderate-Severity Disturbances
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- Researchers Advocate for Sustainable Logging to Safeguard Against Global Flood Risks
- War in Ukraine Severely Limits Ability to Track Arctic Climate Change
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- Study Offers Rare Long-Term Analysis of Techniques for Creating Standing Dead Trees for Wildlife Habitat
- A New Perspective on the Temperature Inside Tropical Forests
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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Thursday, January 4, 2024
- Conflict in Full Swing: Forest Bats Avoid Large Areas Around Fast-Moving Wind Turbines
- The Choreography Connecting Kelp Forests to the Beach
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Thursday, December 28, 2023
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Monday, December 18, 2023
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Monday, December 4, 2023
- In Hotter Regions, Mammals Seek Forests, Avoid Human Habitats
- Strange Burn: New Research Identifies Unique Patterns in Utah Wildfires
Friday, December 1, 2023
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
- Forest Modeling Shows Which Harvest Rotations Lead to Maximum Carbon Sequestration
- First Comprehensive Look at Effects of 2020-2021 California Megafires on Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Monday, November 13, 2023
- Naturally Regrowing Forests Are Helping to Protect the Remaining Old Forests in the Amazon
- Diverse Forests Hold Huge Carbon Potential, as Long as We Cut Emissions
- Wildfire, Drought Cause $11.2 Billion in Damage to Private Timberland in Three Pacific States, Study Finds
Friday, November 10, 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Lightning Identified as the Leading Cause of Wildfires in Boreal Forests, Threatening Carbon Storage
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
- Southern Alaska's National Forests Key to Meeting Climate, Conservation Goals
- Experts Predict 'catastrophic Ecosystem Collapse' Of UK Forests Within the Next 50 Years If Action Not Taken
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Friday, November 3, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023
- Amazon Deforestation Linked to Long Distance Climate Warming
- Offset Markets: New Approach Could Help Save Tropical Forests by Restoring Faith in Carbon Credits
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
- Single Model Predicts Trends in Employment, Microbiomes, Forests
- New Study Finds Hidden Trees Across Europe: A Billion Tons of Biomass Is Overlooked Today
Monday, October 23, 2023
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Thursday, October 19, 2023
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
- Subalpine Forests in the Northern Rockies Are Fire Resilient--for Now
- AI Models Identify Biodiversity from Animal Sounds in Tropical Rainforests
Monday, October 16, 2023
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
- The Good and Bad Uses of Biomass for California
- Epiphytes, Amazing Plants Like Moss and Bromeliads Found in Trees, Face Growing Threats
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Monday, September 25, 2023
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
- How to Tackle the Global Deforestation Crisis
- Plant and Forest Researchers Do Not 'anthropomorphize' Plants
Monday, September 18, 2023
- Canopy Gaps Help Eastern Hemlock Outlast Invasive Insect
- Almost Half of Koala Habitats Will Be Under High Bushfire Threat by 2070
Friday, September 15, 2023
Monday, September 11, 2023
Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Monday, September 4, 2023
- Farms That Create Habitat Key to Food Security and Biodiversity
- Extreme El Niño Weather Saw South America's Forest Carbon Sink Switch Off