Thin leaves and strong roots gain ground in response to climate change
A recent study published in the Journal of Ecology, led by the UAB and CREAF, analyzes 25 years of evolution of 445,000 trees ...
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These ants are saving our forests—by spraying acid everywhere
The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small ... found in Eurasia’s temperate and boreal forests. But in recent decades, more nests ...
Grist8d
Moving from climate doomerism to optimism through humor
How organizations like NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) are using comedy to keep environmental issues top of mind.
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Hospital District CEO Announced; IVGID GM Terminated; $3 Million to Protect Lake Tahoe
On Jan. 16, in their first major action as a newly seated board, Incline Village General Improvement District trustees voted ...
Brown: I grew up in a Minnesota bog the size of New York City; I didn’t know it was special.
Strib Voices publishes a mix of material from 11 contributing columnists, along with other commentary online and in print ...
The News & Advance15d
How plants can save the world from extinction
plant: trees, shrubs, flowers, with trees being the most important because of the larger volume of carbon they can store. Cutting down the Amazon, the African forests, the boreal forests ...
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The Washoe Tribe brings back cultural fire to restore forests, plants amid climate change
These are once-banned burning practices they use to restore the health of their forests and plants. Editor's note: This story was produced for Our Living Lands, a collaboration of the Mountain West ...
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9 Big Wonders Show Why Door County, Wisconsin, Is So Delightful
Two towers ought to be on your list of Door County ... Teeny-tiny dwarf iris like to grow here. Big trees too: 11 species of conifers in the boreal forest. This is a land trust and a National Natural ...
Newsweek20d
Map Reveals Alaskan 'Hotspots' of Extreme Warming
20 of the most vulnerable hot spots were home to permafrost, which is rapidly thawing around the Arctic, with others being boreal forests ... including plant and animal remains that have been ...
Science News20d
Megadroughts are on the rise worldwide
Data on precipitation and evapotranspiration — the transfer of water from soil and plants ... forests, bouncing back relatively soon after a drought ends. And other biomes, such as northern ...
The Daily Telegraph21d
Nottingham Forest ready to rival Arsenal in race for Yoane Wissa
Wissa has emerged as a leading target for Forest, with Arsenal also understood to have added the DR Congo international to their list of striker targets. The 28-year-old has scored 12 goals in all ...
The New York Times21d
Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds
A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...