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+16 +3The Unlikely Survival of the 1,081-Year-Old Tree That Gave Palo Alto Its Name
A redwood tree called El Palo Alto has long served as the 120-foot-tall symbol of Palo Alto, but a project to help it thrive has been delayed.
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+23 +5New research finds native forest logging did not worsen the Black Summer bushfires
Our research is deeply concerning because it signals there are no quick fixes to the ongoing fire crisis afflicting Australia, which is being driven by relentless climate change.
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+26 +4Daisugi, the 600-Year-Old Japanese Technique of Growing Trees Out of Other Trees, Creating Perfectly Straight Lumber
Necessity being the mother of invention, this led to the creation of an ingenious solution: daisugi, the growing of additional trees, in effect, out of existing trees
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+23 +7The science of bushfires is settled (part 2)
Eucalypts are incinerators from hell dressed up as trees. - I don't know where part 1 went. I also added some triumphal music to listen to as you read this. It is somewhat over the top!
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+17 +3Over 80% of Atlantic Rainforest remnants have been impacted by human activity
A Brazilian study published in Nature Communications shows that human activities have directly or indirectly caused biodiversity and biomass losses in over 80% of the remaining Atlantic Rainforest fragments.
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+2 +1California's iconic redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees threatened by climate change
California's coastal redwoods, some standing since before Julius Caesar ruled Rome, are in a fight for their lives.
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+18 +4The mysterious existence of a leafless kauri stump, kept alive by its forest neighbours
Research measuring how water flows between living kauri trees and a leafless stump adds evidence that trees use their underground root systems to support each other.
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+17 +4Planting of 85,000-tree Isle of Man 'people's wood' begins
The project will see a tree planted for every Manx resident in a bid to combat carbon emissions.
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+13 +3Why keeping one mature street tree is far better for humans and nature than planting lots of new ones
Thanks to Victorian street planners, many British streets were designed to be full of big trees and, with 84% of the population living in urban areas, most people are more likely to encounter trees in the streets than they are in forests. The UK is one of the least densely wooded countries in Europe (at 13% coverage compared to the EU average of 38%) and, as such, its street trees are even more valuable.
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+12 +2Dismay greets end of U.S. effort to curb spread of tree-killing beetle
States, tribes oppose federal move to end quarantines and rely on tiny wasps to fight emerald ash borer
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+13 +3Florida professor predicts Amazon rainforest collapse by 2064
The world's largest rainforest ecosystem, the Amazon, will collapse and largely become a dry, scrubby plain by 2064 because of climate change and deforestation, a University of Florida scientist predicts.
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+11 +5Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollows
These epic hibernators rely on old-growth forests, which are rapidly disappearing throughout Europe—but one temporary solution is helping.
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+12 +3A palm oil alternative could help save rainforests
Plantations for palm oil are blamed for rainforest destruction, but an artificial palm oil is close.
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+19 +5Hundreds of towering giant sequoias killed by the Castle fire — a stunning loss
This year's Castle fire killed hundreds of giant sequoias, the latest in a string of Sierra Nevada wildfires that is taking an alarming toll on the world's most massive trees.
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+19 +4The biggest trees capture the most carbon: Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests
A recent study examining carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forests demonstrated that although large-diameter trees (21 inches) only comprised 3% of total stems, they accounted for 42% of the total aboveground carbon storage. The researchers highlight the importance of protecting large trees and strengthening existing forest management policies so that large trees can continue to sequester carbon and provide valuable ecosystem services as a cost-effective natural climate solution in worldwide forest ecosystems.
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+4 +1Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest jump in October
Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in October and the number of blazes is up 25% in the first 10 months of 2020, compared to a year ago, data from government space research agency Inpe showed on Sunday.
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+26 +5These drones will plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they’ll have planted 1 billion
We need to massively reforest the planet, in a very short period of time. Flash Forest’s drones can plant trees a lot faster than humans.
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+12 +3Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study
Climate crisis and logging is leading to shift from canopy rainforest to open grassland
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+2 +1Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study
Climate crisis and logging is leading to shift from canopy rainforest to open grassland
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+12 +1Extinct tree found after 180 years in Kollam grove
It was in 1835 that Madhuca diplostemon, a threatened species of the Western Ghats, was spotted
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