(Phys.org)—The largest living organisms on the planet, the big, old trees that harbour and sustain countless birds and other wildlife, are dying. A report by three of the world's leading ecologists in today's issue of the ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2012
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The claim that old-growth forests play a significant role in climate mitigation, based upon the argument that even the oldest forests keep sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere, is being refuted by researchers at the University ...
Environment
Mar 25, 2021
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A study spearheaded by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of Minnesota has shown that the world's largest owl—and one of the rarest—is also a key indicator of the health of some of the last great primary ...
Ecology
Aug 15, 2013
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Destruction of the forests can be swift. Regrowth is much, much slower.
Environment
Oct 1, 2019
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Standing between nearly uniform rows of hemlock trees, scientist Tiara Moore clutched a tiny vial of evidence.
Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2019
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A new study by Dr. Zoe Lindo, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Biology at McGill University, and Jonathan Whiteley, a doctoral student in the same department, shows that large, ancient trees may be very important ...
Environment
Jun 7, 2011
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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 ...
Environment
Oct 3, 2011
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They say that trees live for thousands of years. Like many things that "they" say, there is a germ of truth in the saying (even though it is mostly false).
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2017
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Big trees play an outsized role in old-growth forests—from offering fire resistance to producing strong genetic offspring, big trees give forests multiple ecological advantages. New research gives managers yet another reason ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2022
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Like wine, cheese, and savvy financial investments, many tropical trees become more valuable with age. This is particularly true when it comes to carbon storage, because old trees are often the biggest trees and the larger ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2020
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