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 ...

Climatology. New Trees Are No Substitute for Old Trees The fires in Canada underscore the need to let our current mature forest grow old.

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 ...

Forest fires are burning nearly twice as many trees as they did just two decades ago, according to a study from the University of Maryland’s Global Land Analysis and Discovery (UMD’s GLAD ...

It was called "Sylvan Day," a nod to forest trees, and it was officially celebrated on April 10, 1872. Eventually, the day was known as Arbor Day, according to History.com.

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.

More than a pretty forest: Trees use their own mysterious "wood wide web" to sync up and shield themselves from surprise events . Depositphotos. 2 / 2.

Oak trees accumulate more wood when there is more carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere. That’s the key finding from our new study, carried out in a long-established forest in Staffordshire ...

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 ...

Old-growth boreal forests support distinct and diverse communities, particularly among birds, epiphytes, and deadwood-associated fungi and insects, due to the presence of old and dead trees.

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.

About 30,000 trees will have been planted at Frodsham Woods - a former golf course near Runcorn in Cheshire More than 1.9 million trees were planted in 2023 as part of a major project to boost ...