A 150-year-old note from Charles Darwin is inspiring a change in the way forests are planted

Charles Darwin’s ideas about diversity of plants growing together is now inspiring researchers create healthier forests.

Christine Foyer, Professor of plant sciences, University of Birmingham • conversation
Nov. 4, 2021 ~6 min

Brazil signs agreement to halt deforestation – but Bolsonaro cannot be trusted

Deforestation in Brazil was falling before 2014. Under Bolsonaro, it’s back to record highs.

George Ferns, Lecturer in Organization Studies and Sustainability, Cardiff University • conversation
Nov. 3, 2021 ~6 min


Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change

Halting forest loss is a crucial milestone on the road to net zero.

Tom Pugh, Reader in Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange, University of Birmingham and Senior Lecturer, Lund University • conversation
Nov. 1, 2021 ~7 min

Climate change is muting fall colors, but it's just the latest way that humans have altered US forests

Warm autumn weather has produced dull leaf colors across the eastern US this year, but climate change isn’t the only way that humans have altered trees’ fall displays.

Marc Abrams, Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology, Penn State • conversation
Oct. 27, 2021 ~8 min

Moving beyond America's war on wildfire: 4 ways to avoid future megafires

Two forest researchers whose own communities were threatened by fires in 2021 explain how historic policies left forests at high risk of megafires.

Ryan E. Tompkins, Cooperative Extension Forester and Natural Resources Advisor, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources • conversation
Oct. 13, 2021 ~11 min

To save forests, researchers are hooking trees up to Twitter

Hooking trees up to internet-connected sensors provides a new way to study how they interact with the environment - and how the public interacts with their tweets.

Kathy Steppe, Professor of Applied Plant Ecophysiology, Ghent University • conversation
Oct. 11, 2021 ~8 min

More companies pledge 'net-zero' emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?

A growing number of countries and companies have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. But there’s a catch – they still plan to keep emitting greenhouse gases.

Amrou Awaysheh, Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Executive Director, Business Sustainability Lab, Indiana University • conversation
Sept. 20, 2021 ~7 min

One-third of the world's tree species are threatened with extinction – here are five of them

A staggering 17,500 tree species are at risk of dying out.

Adrian Newton, Professor in Conservation Ecology, Bournemouth University • conversation
Sept. 15, 2021 ~7 min


Western fires are burning higher in the mountains and at unprecedented rates as the climate warms

As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.

Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, Ph.D. Student in Engineering, McGill University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2021 ~9 min

African tropical mountain forests store far more carbon than previously thought – new research

Towering trees in African tropical mountain forests are a vital, overlooked carbon store threatened by deforestation.

Phil Platts, Research Fellow, University of York • conversation
Sept. 6, 2021 ~7 min

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