- We've all missed the forest for the $TREEs https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/6pvvf2/weve_all_missed_the_forest_for_the_trees/ 7 comments wallstreetbets
- For Climate, Protecting Forests Is Way Better Than Planting Trees https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/11/carbon-sequestration-forest-conservation-tree-planting-nature-study/ 2 comments environment
- Tree Farts Raise Ghost Forests Carbon Emissions https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tree-farts-raise-ghost-forests-carbon-emissions-180977786/ 9 comments nottheonion
- France's first vertical forest tower to be covered in 2,000 trees http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/france-s-first-vertical-forest-tower-to-be-covered-in-2-000-trees/article/506144 7 comments europe
- Aging European forests full to the brim with carbon | Trees' capacity to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is dwindling. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/352588/title/news_in_brief_aging_european_forests_full_to_the_brim_with_carbon 17 comments science
- Chernobyl's radioactive trees and the forest fire risk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18721292 635 comments worldnews
- These tree-planting drones are firing seed missiles to restore the world’s forests https://www.fastcompany.com/90329982/these-tree-planting-drones-are-firing-seed-missiles-to-restore-the-worlds-forests 4 comments worldevents
- Should We Set Up Export-Taxes For Africultural Products? Failing To See The Forest For The Trees In Argentina https://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2022/06/02/should-we-set-up-export-taxes-for-africultural-products-failing-to-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-in-argentina/ 13 comments economics
- U.K. Plans 'Northern Forest' of 50 Million New Trees https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/01/northern-forest-united-kingdom/550025/ 10 comments worldnews
- Forest Service Finds Urban Trees Remove Fine Particulate Air Pollution http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/ufs--fss061913.php 9 comments science
- Katrina destroyed so many trees that their decomposition will release as much carbon dioxide as all US forests can absorb in a year. http://www.latimes.com/news/la-sci-trees16nov16,0,685072.story 3 comments reddit.com
- Higher flamethrower damage kills trees so fast it's harder to set forest fires, even intentionally. https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comments/68tibj/higher_flamethrower_damage_kills_trees_so_fast/ 44 comments factorio
- Survey of California forests shows trees of southern Sierra Nevada most vulnerable to drought https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/how-much-drought-can-forest-take 3 comments science
- ‘I’m glowing’: scientists are unlocking secrets of why forests make us happy | Trees and forests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/02/scientists-unlocking-secrets-why-forests-make-us-happy 2 comments climate
- Burned-out Forests Are Not Re-Growing | This article will examine the science behind failure of trees to regrow in burned-out forests. https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/03/burned-out-forests-are-not-re-growing/ 12 comments environment
- Costa Rica Doubled Its Forest Cover In Just 30 Years: ‘After decades of deforestation, Costa Rica has reforested to the point that half of the country’s land surface is covered with trees again.’ https://www.intelligentliving.co/costa-rica-forest-cover/ 666 comments worldnews
- Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Speckhard argues that European finance ministers are missing the forest for the trees when it comes to the Greek debt crisis. http://fortune.com/2015/03/09/greece-debt-crisis-russia/ 15 comments greece
- California’s Forests: Where Have All the Big Trees Gone? They’ve gone to logging and housing—but especially to climate change, says a new study http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150119-california-forests-shrinking-climate-drought-science/ 4 comments politics
- Let forests grow old to store huge volume of carbon – study | Report says cutting emissions should still be key priority as it cautions against mass monoculture tree-planting https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/13/conserving-restoring-forests-sequester-carbon-study-trees 4 comments climate
- Scientists reveal that a type of monoculture tree planting — planting large quantities of a single tree species — doesn’t provide the same benefits to ecosystems as restoring forests with a more diverse mix of species. https://www.inverse.com/science/planting-trees-do-it-right 15 comments environment
- India’s Mass Tree Planting Success: Forest Cover Grows by Half-Million Acres in Two Years https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mass-tree-planting-works-indias-forest-cover-rose-by-over-a-half-million-acres/ 103 comments environment
- Climate change: Planting extra trees will boost rainfall across Europe. A new study found that converting agricultural land to forest would boost summer rains by 7.6% on average. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57722879 5 comments europe
- Inside the battle to save Canada’s ancient, old-growth forests: Activists in British Columbia are erecting blockades to try to prevent logging of ancient trees on Indigenous lands. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/8/inside-battle-to-save-canada-ancient-old-growth-forests 3 comments worldnews
- Shorter lifespan of faster-growing trees will add to climate crisis, study finds - Rise in carbon capture as global warming speeds growth of forests would be negated by earlier deaths, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/08/shorter-lifespan-of-faster-growing-trees-will-add-to-climate-crisis-study-finds 8 comments worldnews
- Giving away my paid sound asset pack via 100% off discount code. Contains 16 Spring Forest Ambience tracks, each loop able and 1 minute in length. Includes wind, tree creaks/cracks, birds, wolf howls, owl hoots, rain, rivers, crickets and thunder - all divided by day and night. Cheers! https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/ikm5nr/giving_away_my_paid_sound_asset_pack_via_100_off/ 12 comments gamedev
- Hurricanes can have long-lasting impacts on the water budgets of coastal forests by covering them in a deep layer of salty, dead marshgrasses. This layer, called 'wrack,' can prevent 2/3 of rainwater from reaching tree's roots. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341535743_wrack_and_ruin_legacy_hydrologic_effects_of_hurricane-deposited_wrack_on_hardwood-hammock_coastal_islands 4 comments science
- An indigenous farming technique that’s been around for thousands of years provides the basis for restoring rain forests stripped clear of trees by gold mining and other threats, using biochar, a cheap and effective way to support tree seedling survival during reforestation efforts in the Amazon. https://news.wfu.edu/2019/08/29/biochar-a-better-start-to-rain-forest-restoration/ 685 comments science
- Karnataka students on a green mission to cover barren hills with seed balls. The Forest department provided seeds of tamarind, neem, soapnut and other rain-bearing trees. http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2019/jun/24/karnataka-students-on-a-green-mission-to-cover-barren-hills-with-seed-balls-1994383.html 17 comments india
- Tropical tree loss persists at high levels: Around 12 million hectares of forest in the world's tropical regions were lost in 2018, equivalent to 30 football fields per minute https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48037913 3 comments worldnews
- TIL Sweden has a forest of oak trees planted 200 years ago because their Navy at the time needed them for ships https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/visingso-oak-forest 5 comments europe
- Quoting Dr. Seuss, Court Throws Out Pipeline Permit and Implores Forest Service to 'Speak for the Trees' Instead of Corporate Polluters https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/14/quoting-dr-seuss-court-throws-out-pipeline-permit-and-implores-forest-service-speak 19 comments politics
- Quaillike creatures were the only birds to survive the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact. A new study suggests that widespread forest fires made it impossible for tree-dependent birds to survive, meaning the vast avian diversity of today likely arose from just a few ground-dwelling survivors. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/quaillike-creature-was-only-bird-survive-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-impact 4 comments science
- Study shows that forest die-offs in specific regions of the United States can influence plant growth in other parts of the country. The largest impacts seen were from losing forest cover in California, a region that is currently experiencing dramatic tree mortality. http://www.washington.edu/news/2018/05/15/forest-loss-in-one-part-of-us-can-harm-trees-on-the-opposite-coast/ 4 comments science
- More than one million trees have been pledged for Trump Forest, a bid by environmentalists to offset the US president’s curtailing of Obama-era clean energy initiatives by planting 10 billion trees around the globe. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/20/trees-for-trump-one-million-pledged-offset-climate-change 6 comments worldnews
- Geologists have discovered 280-million-year-old tree fossils in what is believed to be evidence of the oldest polar forest found in Antarctica: Trees are believed to have lived through extremes of complete darkness and continuous sunlight. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/antarctica-fossil-forests-280-million-year-old-trees-erik-gulbranson-john-isbell-university-of-a8158441.html 54 comments worldnews
- Trees deal with climate change better than expected according to a new study that says forests may be able to deal with hotter temperatures and contribute less carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than scientists previously thought. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/science/global-warming-climate-change-trees-carbon-dioxide.html?_r=0 16 comments science
- European forests near 'carbon saturation point' "Since 2005, the amount of atmospheric CO2 absorbed by the continent's trees has been slowing, researchers reported. Writing in Nature, they said this was a result of a declining volume of trees, deforestation and the impact of natural disturbances" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23712464 12 comments europe
- Haiti Planting Millions of Trees in Effort to Undo Damage Done - Govt-backed campaign aims to double its forest cover by 2016. It was once covered in forests but land clearance for plantations was followed by tree felling for cooking fuel. Its forest cover now one of lowest in world. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/28/haiti-plant-millions-trees-deforestation 10 comments worldnews
- A forest sprayed with Tordon completely loses its leaves, and trees, victims of a chemical reaction in their metabolism, they die almost immediately. In addition, Tordon, as well as other pesticides, contaminated soil, groundwater, animals and humans. It can even lead to death. http://stufffreak.com/amazon-uses-agent-orange/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Let's All Grow Trees On Mars: Forestation Crucial Step Towards Making Mars Habitable, Scientists Say http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=132 7 comments science