Common trees absorb less carbon as temps rise
"More warming for trees could mean more stress, more tree death, and less capacity to slow global warming..."
Tags: climate-change trees forests temperature earth-and-environment north-america
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Yellow fever, malaria and Ebola all spilled over from animals to humans at the edges of tropical forests. The new coronavirus is the latest zoonosis.
June 25, 2020 • ~11 min
Tags: health climate covid-19 coronavirus ebola pandemic malaria forests disease epidemics wildlife deforestation bats wildlife-trade monkeys mosquitoes yellow-fever zoonoses vectors carrying-capacity
Swaying trees could power new forest fire alarm
"The self-powered sensing system could continuously monitor the fire and environmental conditions without requiring maintenance after deployment."
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Bad tree-planting campaigns can totally backfire
Poorly planned tree-planting efforts may risk actually adding to climate change and cutting biodiversity, research on a campaign in Chile finds.
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How forest loss has changed biodiversity across the globe over the last 150 years
New findings show how changes in land use have complex effects on animal and plant species.
June 18, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: biodiversity trees forests wildlife deforestation forest-cover woodland forest-loss
The worst time for a pandemic – how coronavirus and seasonal floods are causing hunger in the remote Amazon
Local people are caught in an impossible situation – stay home and starve or venture out to buy food, potentially bringing the virus home too.
May 5, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: covid-19 coronavirus brazil forests lockdown amazonia wild-food remote-regions
The worst time for a pandemic – how COVID-19 and seasonal floods are causing hunger in the remote Amazon
Local people are caught in an impossible situation – stay home and starve or venture out to buy food, potentially bringing the virus home too.
May 5, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: covid-19 coronavirus brazil forests lockdown amazonia wild-food remote-regions
How destroying wildlife habitats boosts COVID-19
When human activity destroys wildlife habitats, it can lead to new animal-to-human transmitted diseases like COVID-19. Conservation efforts can help.
Tags: conservation covid-19 forests earth-and-environment health-and-medicine
Old trees play big role in rainforest carbon storage
“People have been arguing about whether these long-lived pioneers contribute much to carbon storage... We were surprised to find that they do."
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Forest loss makes diseases like COVID-19 more likely
Forest loss ups the chance for human-primate interactions, researchers say. The contact could kickstart the spread of a global pandemic like COVID-19.
Tags: covid-19 primates forests viruses earth-and-environment health-and-medicine pandemics
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