When people think of spring, they often picture flowers and trees blooming. And if you live in the U.S. Northeast, Midwest or South, you have probably seen a medium-sized tree with long branches, covered with small white ...
Ecology
Mar 8, 2023
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Botanist Denis Conover does not have to go far to study the growing problem of invasive plants.
Ecology
Dec 1, 2023
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They outlived mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. But without dramatic action to reduce climate change, new research shows Joshua trees won't survive much past this century.
Environment
Jul 16, 2019
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After years of environmental destruction, China has spent billions of dollars on the world's largest reforestation program, converting a combined area nearly the size of New York and Pennsylvania back to forest.
Ecology
Sep 7, 2016
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A new botanical survey of southwest Ohio found that invasive species introduced to the United States over the past century are crowding out many native plants.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2022
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Campaigns to plant huge numbers of trees could backfire, according to a new study that is the first to rigorously analyze the potential effects of subsidies in such schemes.
Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2020
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Reforestation has enormous potential as a cheap and natural way of sucking heat-absorbing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and restoring the degraded natural world, while supporting local livelihoods at the same time. ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2019
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Forest regeneration projects that have received tens of millions of carbon credits and dominate Australia's carbon offset scheme have had negligible impact on woody vegetation cover and carbon sequestration, new research ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2024
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Removing invasive shrubs to restore native forest habitat brings a surprising result, according to Penn State researchers, who say desired native understory plants display an unexpected ability and vigor to recolonize open ...
Ecology
May 10, 2019
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Tropical forests are threatened by high levels of deforestation, mostly driven by agricultural expansion. But, once agricultural fields are abandoned, they tend to naturally regrow, leading researchers to ask whether that ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2019
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