As climate change progresses, trees in cities struggle
As the driest summer in Seattle's record books ended, trees across the city were sounding silent alarms.
Ecology
Nov 16, 2022
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News tagged with forested areas
Mangrove forests won't be able to spread further in South Africa, so protecting them is crucial
Mangrove forests are a common sight in some tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world like Indonesia, Florida in the US, parts of Brazil and Australia. They can also be found on African coasts, including South Africa's ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 14, 2022
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Finland's foresters decry 'unfair' EU climate plans
Standing next to a freshly cut clearing the size of seven football fields, Finnish forest engineer Matti Jappila pointed to growth rings in a tree stump up to 300 years old.
Environment
Nov 11, 2022
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Arctic fires could release catastrophic amounts of CO2: study
Global warming is responsible for bigger and bigger fires in Siberia, and in the decades ahead they could release huge amounts of carbon now trapped in the soil, says a report out Thursday.
Environment
Nov 6, 2022
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Protecting very old trees can help mitigate climate change
Ancient trees—those that are many hundreds, or even thousands, of years old—play a vital role in biodiversity and ecosystem preservation by providing stability, strength, and protection to at-risk environments. In a review ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 19, 2022
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Study finds less bird diversity in city forests
A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fewer bird species in urban forests compared with forests in the countryside—even if the forest ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 29, 2022
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Research on world's largest tree group will help conservation and management of rain forests
An international study that analyzed the world's largest tree group has made breakthrough findings. The results are expected to guide future conservation of tropical and subtropical rain forests as well as help with predicting ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2022
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Climate change is affecting drinking water quality
Heat waves, drought, floods, forest fires—the consequences of climate change are increasing and are changing our environment. A prime example is the countryside in the catchment area for the Rappbode reservoir in the eastern ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2022
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Local mountain climate is affected by leaf area ratio in surrounding forests
The changing seasons tell us much about the workings of nature. Now, a research group from Japan has discovered that the seasonal changes of tree leaf growth and shedding can have a big influence on climate even on small, ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2022
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Living in timber cities could avoid emissions, without using farmland for wood production
Housing a growing population in homes made out of wood instead of conventional steel and concrete could avoid more than 100 billion tons of emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2 until 2100, a new study by the Potsdam Institute ...
Environment
Aug 30, 2022
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