Forestry

Plants benefit from more bees, especially bumble beesCredit: Henryk Niestrój /Pixabay Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in rural areas. This has now been demonstrated experimentally by a team of scientists led by…

An international study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that the rapid increase in land use in the world's tropical areas is affecting the global carbon cycle more than was previously known. By studying data from a…

Credit: University of Washington All plants and animals need suitable conditions to survive. That means a certain amount of light, a tolerable temperature range, and access to sources of food, water and shelter. Many of…

Research in the Sierra Nevada region of California illustrates the varying flower choices of bumble beesCredit: Travis DuBridge, The Institute for Bird Populations Annapolis, MD; January 28, 2020--Many species of North American bumble bees…

Findings could help scientists control root emergence and battle dry conditions brought on by climate changeCredit: Monica Moriak/ University of Delaware When facing a volatile climate, nature searches for a way to survive. For…

Prescribed fires help native plants find mates, reproduce and flourishCredit: The Echinacea Project Scientists studied the sex lives of 778 individual plants for 21 years During the study, prescribed, controlled burns…

Credit: University of British Columbia Hotter temperatures threaten global wine production, with multiple studies now forecasting that more than half of regions suitable to planting wine grapes could be lost to climate…

The synthesis of bio-based high-performance polyamide from biogenic residuesCredit: Cordt Zollfrank / TUM A research team from the Fraunhofer Society and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) led by chemist Volker Sieber has developed a…

A material revolution replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood can have double benefits for climate stabilization, a new study shows. First, it can avoid greenhouse gas emissions from cement and steel production. Second,…

Gretchen C. Daily and Pavan Sukhdev recognized for 'putting a price tag on nature'Credit: Ola Hopper, Leonardo Druscovich The 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement - often described as the 'Nobel Prize for the Environment' -…