Europe seeks flourishing forests through restoration
Efforts to improve biodiversity in Europe's woodlands will help them better withstand the stresses of climate change.
Ecology
Jun 6, 2023
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News tagged with pine forest
300,000-year-old snapshot: Oldest human footprints from Germany found
In a study published today in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, an international research team led by scientists from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment ...
Ecology
May 12, 2023
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Preserving pine forests by understanding beetle flight
The mountain pine beetle is one of the main causes of tree mortality in the pine forests of North America. For example, the insect has killed thousands of acres of pine forest in British Columbia and Alberta, and as a result, ...
Ecology
May 9, 2023
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Machine learning helps scientists identify the environmental preferences of microbes
Researchers have figured out a way to predict bacteria's environmental pH preferences from a quick look at their genomes, using machine learning. Led by experts at the University of Colorado Boulder, the new approach promises ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 28, 2023
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Big flames, raining embers in New Jersey Pine Barrens fire
The 200-foot wall of flames, the burning embers landing miles away and the carloads of evacuees fleeing to shelter at a high school—it all took place in New Jersey but could happen in almost every part of the country this ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2023
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Hundreds flee from wildfire in South Korean seaside city
Hundreds of South Koreans were forced to flee a wildfire fueled by strong winds that burned parts of an eastern coastal city Tuesday, destroying dozens of homes before being slowed by rain.
Environment
Apr 11, 2023
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Gone for good? California's beetle-killed, carbon-storing pine forests may not come back
Ponderosa pine forests in the Sierra Nevada that were wiped out by western pine beetles during the 2012-2015 megadrought won't recover to pre-drought densities, reducing an important storehouse for atmospheric carbon.
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2023
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Cyclone Gabrielle triggered more destructive forestry 'slash' in New Zealand
The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by the Thames–Coromandel region in just the first two months of 2023, are merely the latest examples of more frequent ...
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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Newly discovered components of Dendrolimus pini sex pheromone
Beyond the seven mountains and forests, a hungry beast was stealing away. Does this sound like a fairy tale? In reality, such a beast does exist. It is the caterpillar of the nocturnal pine-tree lappet moth (Dendrolimus pini, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2023
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Mineral soil in forests accumulates carbon as trees grow
A recent study by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) investigated the accumulation of soil carbon in forest sites monitored intensively in the long term. In mature spruce- and pine-dominated forests where the ...
Ecology
Nov 10, 2022
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