News tagged with replanting trees

State may have brief window to slow loss of working forests to development

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's slumping economy and housing market may reduce, temporarily, the insistent economic forces on Washington's private forestland owners to give up the cycle of harvesting and replanting ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 2




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Pollen can protect mahogany from extinction

New research from the University of Adelaide could help protect one of the world's most globally threatened tree species - the big leaf mahogany - from extinction.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UC research tests new tool to guide reintroduction of the American chestnut

The death of the American Chestnut due to an Asian bark fungus accidentally introduced to the United States had profound environmental and economic consequences since the tree was highly valued for its strong, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Climate change threatens Seychelles habitat

Bursts of torrential rain lash the idyllic white beaches of the Seychelles, where conservationists fear that rare species such as the giant tortoise are at severe risk from climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

TED titans see through eyes of young innovators

Titans of Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and finance gazed through the eyes of young innovators as the renowned TED conference formally got under way on Tuesday.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Streams need trees to withstand climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than twenty years of biological monitoring have confirmed the importance of vegetation for protecting Australia's freshwater streams and rivers against the ravages of drought and climate ...

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Adding vast forests to cut climate change could boomerang, study says

Planting a tree is always a good thing, right? After all, trees provide natural beauty and wildlife habitat, and are good for the environment.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Mount Royal reveals its archeological secrets

History tells us that Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve erected a cross atop Mount Royal in 1643 to thank God for sparing the city from flooding. However, according to 18th century archival documents, the cross ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Forest structure, services and biodiversity may be lost even as form remains

A forest may look like a forest, have many of the same trees that used to live there, but still lose the ecological, economic or cultural values that once made it what it was, researchers suggest this week in articles in ...

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created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

$40 billion needed to ensure transition to green economy: UN

Investing $40 billion annually in the forest sector is needed for the world to transition into a low carbon, resource-efficient green economy, according to a UN report released here Sunday.

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created Jun 05, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (10) | comments 27

Pomegranates could become new cash crop for Florida, researcher says

Supplies of a nutritious and popular fruit could increase in Florida in the next few years, thanks to the research of a University of Florida professor emeritus.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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