Why keeping one mature street tree is far better for humans and nature than planting lots of new ones
The net ecosystem service of an urban tree is worth thousands of dollars.
Tag: trees
The urban forest of the future: how to turn our cities into Treetopias
We are and will continue to plant more street trees, urban groves and informal clusters of trees in our parks ...
In 10 to 20 years, it will be so hot that tropical trees live shorter lives
Not a good roadmark to pass.
Larger, older trees can store more carbon and help tackle climate change
We have to leave large trees alone as they capture a lot of carbon, researchers argue.
It’s greener than you thought: New tree count in Sahara shows surprising results
Researchers could soon count every tree on Earth.
Why leaves fall down — and why it happens during Autumn
There's a very important reason behind leaves falling down
Pollution is impairing the growth of trees in Siberia and the Arctic
That can't be good.
Trees that live fast die young and this is bad news for the climate crisis
The carbon capacity storage of trees could be challenged in the future.
Planting trees is not a simple solution to climate change
Tree planting is far from a panacea, researchers argue, and shouldn't be seen as a solution by itself.
The secret behind Ginkgo biloba’s near-immortal lifespan
Researchers boldly claim that despite some organs like leaves perish, the three itself doesn't die of old age
Oldest fossilized forest discovered under New York
The 386-million-year-old forest marked a massive transition in the planet's history from sparce vegetation to lush tropical forests.
Tree-planting campaign raises $8 million in five days
Project Team Trees seeks to plant 20 million trees by 2020
Vikings cut down all of Iceland’s forests — the country is planting them anew
Since 2015, Iceland has planted around 1,000 hectares of forest (between three and four million trees).
NASA creates first 3D model of Amazon rainforest canopy to estimate the effects of droughts, climate change
Drought has a massive effect on rainforests. Bad news in the current changing climate.
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.
Without tree husks to house them, Europe’s beetles are dying out
Sometimes not tidying up can be a good thing.
Trump Forest wants to compensate for the POTUS’ climate policy by planting 100 new billion trees
Nope, it's not Trump's idea.
How old is the oldest tree?
it's a surprisingly long time.
We can’t count on trees to solve our global warming mess — there’s just too much CO2 out there
We'd have to plant trees instead of food.