Trees in tropical forests are dying at an increased rate, with consequences for biodiversity, carbon storage, and the global ...

Most people understand that trees and forests play an important role in reducing climate change — that’s one reason there are so many popular efforts aimed at planting trees.

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny ...

In 2022, the world lost more than 11 soccer fields of tropical forest per minute. Opinion: Why disappearing trees are so bad for our climate — and health - Los Angeles Times ...

Some conservationists argue a recent Forest Service report will lead to more logging of old trees. They say federal forests should be left alone to soak up carbon emissions. But the Forest Service ...

Researchers pump extra CO₂ into an oak forest and discover trees will be 'woodier' in future. Aug 14, 2024. Trees could be key protagonist for forest-grassland transitions. Dec 22, 2022.

Researchers across the globe, from Australia to the Amazon rainforest, are experimenting on forests in a bid to better understand the role trees play in keeping the Earth cool.

The flora and fauna characteristic of old-growth forests are associated with old or dead trees. Such species are rare or absent in forests in commercial use. "In managed forests, ...

Forest Ecology and Management 261.3 (2011): 770–78. Print. Lukaszkiewicz, Jan, and Marek Kosmala. "Determining the Age of Streetside Trees with Diameter at Breast Height-Based Multifactorial Model." ...

Mother trees are the biggest, oldest trees in the forest with the most fungal connections. They’re not necessarily female, but Simard sees them in a nurturing, supportive, maternal role.

The intsia trees (Intsia bijuga) were found growing within moist coastal forest in the north of Ngezi Forest Reserve on the island of Pemba. Worryingly, the area is earmarked for the first phase ...