If it ain’t broken, don’t replace it with a powerplant.
Grasslands could overtake forests as the most reliable carbon sink ecosystems
But this doesn’t mean we should stop focusing on forests — on the contrary.
Reforestation efforts bring back hundreds of species to China
Plant a tree and species will come back to thee.
The US lost roughly 1 in every 100 urban trees between 2009 and 2014
Which is a pity, because they save us a lot of money.
Old-growth forests offer safe haven to bird species struggling with climate change
They’re really nice cool places for raising baby birds — or fo rest!
Higher temperature and more CO2 is good for trees, but overall climate change will damage forests
It could start a self-reinforcing loop.
Juice company dumped orange peels in Costa Rican national park in the 90s — it revived the forest
Orange is the new forest.
Video: watch how a beautiful forest changes during a year
Filmmaker Samuel Orr took 40,000 still images from his front window in a forest cabin to show how nature changes day by day.
Study found human habitation promoted forest growth in British Columbia over the past 13,000 years
These trees shellfishly used the First Nations’ trash to grow.
Trees trade carbon through their roots, using symbiotic fungi networks
A forest’s trees capture carbon not only for themselves, but also engage in an active “trade” of sorts with their neighbors, a new study found. University of Basel botanists found that this process, conducted by symbiotic fungi in the forest’s soil, takes place even among trees of different species.
The 380-million-years old ancient forest discovered near the Arctic Pole
Some 400 million years ago, during what’s called the late Devonian period, the planet went through a dramatic shift in climate. Over just a few million years, the CO2 levels in the atmosphere dropped 15-fold. Partially or mostly responsible for this phenomenal climate change event were the very first forests which evolved and started claiming the Earth. Until then, plants were less specialized and smaller. We know little of these troublesome times, but we’re learning along the way. The discovery of an ancient 380 million years forest in Norway will definitely help in this endeavor.
Amazing ‘Treescraper’ Designs from Around the World
Showcased are some of the most amazing designs that mimic nature closely: man-made, but defined by their allegiance to nature.
Devastating photos of the world’s deforestation
Recently, we wrote an article about the biggest tree census ever conducted, and the results were pretty grim. Sure, there are some 3 trillion trees on Earth, but the bad news is that there used to be almost twice as many – before humans chipped in. Humanity has cut down 46% of the planet’s trees, and we’re continuing to do
The Heaviest Living Organism in the World
What is the heaviest living creature in the world? It’s not an elephant or a blue whale, the heaviest organism is actually an Aspen. Pando, as it is called, is a clonal colony of a single male quaking aspen; basically, it looks like more trees, but it’s actually just one living creature with one massive underground root system. The plant’s estimated
10,000 year old underwater forest discovered
Divers off the coast of Norfolk have discovered a submerged prehistoric forest, hidden underwater for 10,000 years. The forest was part of Doggerland – a land area which connected Germany and Great Britain up to 8000 years ago. This is a forgotten part of Europe, hidden under 200 meters of water. Divers discovered it after a winter storm shifted thousands of
Forests become more efficient in response to rising CO2 levels
For years scientists have hypothesized that a rise in CO2 levels will cause the world’s forests to use water more efficiently, however only recently was this theory proven after Harvard University researchers performed the most complex study of the sort to date. The team of researchers led by research Trevor Keenan and Andrew Richardson actually found the the world’s forests are more efficient than
Earliest forest from the dawn of woody plants revealed
Last week we reported about a 300 million year old fossilized forest which was discovered underneath a coal mine in China. A highly remarkable find by all means, fact confirmed by the overwhelming response the story gathered from your part, the reader. If you found that interesting, wait until you learn about the oldest fossilized forest, dating back 385 million
300 million year old fossilized forest discovered under coal mine in China
There’s some good coming off China’s extensive coal exploitation (the nation holds the top place for most pollutant emissions resulting from burning coal), as recent mining activities around Wuda in Inner Mongolia, China, has uncovered an almost perfectly preserved 298 million year-old forest. The forest, which also features intact trees with leaves, branches, trunk and cones, was buried by volcanic
Milan’s Vertical Forest Towers
Bosco Verticale is an ambitious eco project in Milan, designed by architect Stefano Boeri, which tries to blend two discrepant mediums, urban and nature, into one harmonic whole. The project is comprised of two towers with giant cantilevered staggered balconies that permit fairly big trees to be accommodate, since there is a minimum of two storeys over every balcony. Basically, it’s a
The cost of a green forest economy: $40 billion
Acording to a report released by the UN on Sunday, a transition to a low carbon, green and ressource efficient economy requires an annual investment of $40 billion anually, which amounts for only 0.034 per cent of global GDP. If the measures included in the report are adopted, the investment would “halve deforestation rates by 2030, increase rates of tree