Clinging to Life: Scientists Rediscover Oak Tree Thought To Be Extinct
One Quercus tardifolia found clinging to life in Big Bend National Park. Botanical researchers have discovered an oak tree once thought to be extinct, and…
Trees
Tropical Trees Are Dying Twice As Fast Due to Climate Change
According to new research, climate change may have caused rainforest trees to die more quickly starting in the 1980s The results of a long-term international…
Trees Might Not Be As Effective at Combating Climate Change As We Thought
Questions remain about what variables limit tree growth New research from an international team of researchers reveals that tree growth seems to be restricted by…
Invasive Insects Will Kill 1.4 Million US Street Trees Over the Next 30 Years, Costing Over $900 Million
A new study by researchers from McGill University, the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, and North Carolina State University estimates that over the next…
“Hotter-Drought Fingerprint” – Can Earth’s Forests Survive Global Warming?
Global team of scientists determine ‘fingerprint’ for how much heat, drought is too much for forests. The authors conclude that limiting Earth’s warming will determine…
Tree Rings Reveal Europe’s Beech Forests Under Considerable Threat From Climate Change
Tree ring analyses reveal growth declines over recent decades / Researchers expect further, even drastic declines, especially in southern Europe. Beech forests in Europe are…
Earth May Have 9,000 Tree Species That Haven’t Been Discovered Yet
Our planet might be hosting approximately 9,000 tree species yet to be discovered. A third of these are rare species with a population that is…
Huge New Study Estimates There Are 9,200 Tree Species on Earth Yet To Be Discovered
Number of Earth’s tree species estimated to be 14% higher than currently known, with some 9,200 species yet to be discovered. A new study involving…
How Temperate Rainforests Can Effectively Aid the Fight Against Climate Change
There is global recognition that woodland expansion could be one of the most effective solutions in the fight against climate change. However, new research has…
Trees Are Biggest Methane “Vents” in Wetland Areas – Significant Emissions Even When They’re Dry
Most of the methane gas emitted from Amazon wetlands regions is vented into the atmosphere via tree root systems – with significant emissions occurring even…
“Mystery of Manu” – A Strange Tree in the Amazon Rainforest Left Scientists Scratching Their Heads for 50 Years
“Mystery plant” from the Amazon declared a new species after nearly 50 years of flummoxing scientists. In 1973, a scientist stumbled upon a strange tree…
Water in Bedrock Is Sustaining Trees Across Country – Long-Held Assumptions About Where Trees Get Their Water Overturned
You can’t squeeze water from a rock. But tree roots can — and they’re doing it more frequently than scientists previously thought, with a new…
Unprecedented Central Asia Warming Confirmed by New Way of Analyzing Tree Rings
A relatively new way of analyzing tree rings has allowed researchers to reconstruct temperatures in Mongolia since 1269 C.E. The new reconstruction confirms that since…
Princeton University Researchers: Planting Forests May Cool the Planet More Than Thought
Princeton University researchers found that greater formation of clouds over forested areas suggests that reforestation would likely be more effective at cooling Earth’s atmosphere than…
An Invasive Moth Killed Thousands of Acres of Oak Trees, but Some Trees Survived – Here’s Why
For Trees, Carbs Are Key to Surviving Insect Defoliation A recent multi-year outbreak of an invasive moth killed thousands of acres of oak trees across…
DNA Hoarders: Genetic Duplication Linked to the Origin and Evolution of Pine Trees and Their Relatives
Plants are DNA hoarders. Adhering to the maxim of never throwing anything out that might be useful later, they often duplicate their entire genome and…
What in the World Are NASA Moon Trees?
Trees connect us scientifically, environmentally, and culturally. We all know that trees are vital to our planet’s health. As trees grow, they absorb carbon from…
NASA Uses Powerful Supercomputers and AI to Map Earth’s Trees, Discovers Billions of Trees in West African Drylands
Scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and international collaborators demonstrated a new method for mapping the location and size of trees…
