UNH research: Forest to pasture – keeping trees could reduce climate consequences
DURHAM, N.H.— Land use change, like cutting down a forest to make way for agriculture, can be a major contributor ...
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Olive trees were first domesticated 7,000 years ago
A joint study by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University unraveled the earliest evidence for domestication of ...
Inspired by palm trees, scientists develop hurricane-resilient wind turbines
Wind technology is growing—literally. Today’s offshore wind turbines can tower more than 490 feet above ground, their spinning blades churning ...
Birds win in coffee landscapes with forests and shade trees
A new study finds that two conservation strategies provide complementary benefits to native birds found in coffee-growing regions. Setting aside ...
Study suggests that most of our evolutionary trees could be wrong
New research led by scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath suggests that determining evolutionary ...
These salamanders parachute and glide from the tallest trees
“Wandering salamanders” live in some of the world’s tallest trees. They also are known to jump when disturbed. Now, researchers ...
Skydiving salamanders live in world’s tallest trees
Salamanders that live their entire lives in the crowns of the world's tallest trees, California's coast redwoods, have evolved a ...
Fungus induces abnormal growth of cocoa trees and then feeds on dead tissue
The action mechanism of the fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa, which causes witch’s broom disease in cocoa trees, with major losses for Brazilian ...
Rainforest trees may have been dying faster since the 1980s because of climate change – study
Tropical trees in Australia’s rainforests have been dying at double the previous rate since the 1980s, seemingly because of climate ...
What we’re still learning about how trees grow
What will happen to the world’s forests in a warming world? Will increased atmospheric carbon dioxide help trees grow? Or ...
Highly valuable Asian rosewood trees face a host of threats to survival
Safeguarding native tree diversity through improved conservation and restoration efforts is at a critical juncture in Southeast Asia as many ...
Ancient oak trees to shed light on the climate of the past 4500 years
Researchers will soon be able to reconstruct the climate of north-west Europe including the UK over the last 4500 years, ...
Invasive insects will kill 1.4 million US street trees by 2050: Study
A new study by researchers from McGill University, the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station and North Carolina State University estimates ...
UT researchers receive grant to study effects of drought and disease on black walnut trees
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – How will climate change affect the walnuts we eat? That is what a team of researchers with ...
U.S. trees may provide over $100 billion dollars in savings via environmental benefits – but face growing threats
The concept of ecosystem services allows researchers to quantify the benefits that nature contributes to people into monetary units. A ...
Increased heat and drought stunt tropical trees, a major carbon sink
For a long time, ecologists assumed tree rings to be absent in tropical trees because of a lack of temperature ...
Snowbound: Big trees boost water in forests by protecting snowpack
Big trees play an outsized role in old-growth forests—from offering fire resistance to producing strong genetic offspring, big trees give ...
Huge forest fires don’t cause living trees to release much carbon, OSU research shows
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Research on the ground following two large wildfires in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range showed the vast ...
Scientists estimate invasive insects will kill 1.4 million US street trees by 2050
A new study estimates that over the next 30 years, 1.4 million street trees will be killed by invasive insects, ...
Trees may benefit from earlier start of growing season in cold humid areas
A research group led by Prof. LIANG Eryuan from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP) of the Chinese Academy ...
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nTIDE May 2022 COVID Update: Uncertainty about inflation tempers good news for people with disabilities
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A closer look into the emergence of antibiotic resistance in bioaerosols and its monitoring
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Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth’s worst mass extinction
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Hidden in caves: Mineral overgrowths reveal ‘unprecedented’ sea level rise
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Book gives fresh perspective on Black literature of 1930s
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Scientists find greenhouse gas warming likely cause of industrial-era sea level rise