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This tree is live-tweeting climate change — and it needs a hug
With a little help from a team of researchers, we get to see what climate change looks like from the ...
These researchers want to put “Fitbits” on urban trees to see when and how they grow
Sensors are getting cheaper, and they can be used for more than just tracking your run.
A neural network has learned to identify tree species from satellite
A very useful tool for forest management.
Willow trees could help clean wastewater and produce drugs, fuel in the process
Waste not, want not?
Humanity is making trees grow less and live shorter lives
Its a bad time to be a tree.
US trees decimated by invasive species
We need to start being more serious about protecting the trees.
Ethiopia “breaks” tree-planting record: 350 million trees in a day
If this is true, it's very good news.
This tree stump shouldn’t be alive — but it’s fed by its neighbors
Are trees superorganisms?
The Earth has room for a trillion more trees — which might be our best bet against climate change
A new study shows that there's still plenty of room for almost a billion hectares of forest.
The birth of forests helped drive two massive, ancient extinctions
They did not come in peace.
Scientists map global “Internet of Mushrooms”
“I haven’t seen anybody do anything like that before,” researchers commented.
NASA wants you to take photos of trees — to see how much carbon they can store
Help NASA by looking at trees.
Oldest tree in eastern North America found in a swamp: it’s 2,624 years old
Researchers desperately call for the protection of this area, of which 99% has already been destroyed.
Trees help keep cities cool and cozy — especially if there’s a lot of them
In truth, all cities in the world would benefit from planting more trees.
Scientists sequence genomes of world’s tallest trees
The redwood has the 2nd largest genome in the world.
Urban ‘forests’ can store almost as much carbon as tropical rainforests
We should appreciate what we have -- and I mean trees.
Meet the oldest tree in Europe
A Heldreich pine discovered in southern Italy has been thriving for more than 1230 years.
Higher temperature and more CO2 is good for trees, but overall climate change will damage forests
It could start a self-reinforcing loop.
Chicago tree map reveals intriguing pattern: trees seem to reduce crime rate
The benefits that trees provide -- both in terms of the environment and our health -- should not be understated.
