Search results for deciduous trees

Ecology Oct 24, 2023

New study on the importance of tree leaves for carbon dioxide storage

In a large-scale study with almost 400 partners, researchers worldwide have collected data on tree species, to which scientists from Bayreuth have contributed their knowledge about the Kilimanjaro region. The study, which ...

Earth Sciences Oct 23, 2023

New study shows surprising effects of fire in North America's boreal forests

A new study, using a first-of-its-kind approach to analyze satellite imagery from boreal forests over the last three decades, has found that fire may be changing the face of the region in a way researchers did not previously ...

Plants & Animals Oct 19, 2023

Unearthing the ecological impacts of cicada emergences on North American forests

Every 13 or 17 years, billions of cicadas emerge from the ground to reproduce in eastern North American deciduous forests. One of the largest emergence events of these insects happened in 2021 when the Brood X cicadas emerged. ...

Plants & Animals Oct 11, 2023

Streets of purple haze: How the South American jacaranda became a symbol of Australian spring

Jacaranda season is beginning across Australia as an explosion of vivid blue spreads in a wave from north to south. We think of jacarandas as a signature tree of various Australian cities. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and ...

Ecology Oct 9, 2023

Forest biodiversity: Mixed forests are more productive when they are structurally complex

The richer forests are in different tree species, the faster the trees grow and the more CO2 they can absorb. A joint study by TU Dresden, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, University ...

Environment Oct 2, 2023

Wildfires upend Indigenous Canadians' balance with nature

Adrienne Jerome is heartbroken. Her house survived Canada's record wildfires this year, but everything that made her and many other Indigenous people in the area feel at home—the spruce forests that enveloped her town, providing ...

Plants & Animals Sep 29, 2023

In Shawnee National Forest, a debate swirls around how to best protect trees amid climate change and wildfires

The Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois is a mosaic of towering trees, lush wetlands and commanding rock formations that are the native habitat for a wealth of plants and animals, including 19 species of oaks.

Plants & Animals Sep 19, 2023

The secret world of rhododendrons: A plant more ancient than the Himalayas

If you have a rhododendron in your garden or pass one by on an afternoon walk perhaps you think of it as just a colorful and pretty shrub. You may have heard that they come from the Himalayas, and that they are invasive plants ...

Plants & Animals Sep 12, 2023

How researchers brought mistletoes back to the trees of Melbourne—while warding off hungry possums

Until recently, mistletoes were regarded as problematic pests across Australia. They were seen as having been introduced from elsewhere, exploiting helpless trees and driving their premature demise.

Paleontology & Fossils Sep 7, 2023

When lush deciduous forests covered the Arctic

Around 50 million years ago there were extensive, lush deciduous forests in the polar regions of the Arctic, where today there is sparse vegetation. The forests existed due to the conditions in the Eocene—a combination of ...

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