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- Aussie Controlled Forest Burns are now “Cultural Burns”? Sun, 25 Dec 22, 9:00amGreens frequently oppose controlled burns to manage flammable forest fuel buildups. But would greens oppose the traditional wisdom of an indigenous "cultural burn"?
- Claim: California’s Carbon Mitigation Efforts May be Thwarted by Climate Change Itself Sun, 27 Nov 22, 9:00am"We need our forests and other plant-covered areas to provide a 'natural climate solution' of removing carbon dioxide from the air, but heat and drought caused by the very problem we're trying to solve could make it more...
- Nearly half replanted trees do not survive past five years Wed, 16 Nov 22, 7:30amA team of researchers established that approximately half of all trees planted to restore tropical forests in Asia do not survive beyond five years. The researchers included experts from 29 universities and research centers...
- German Conservationists Score Win In Battle To Protect 1000-Year Old “Grimm’s Fairytale Forest” From Green Insanity Thu, 19 May 22, 3:00pmThe legal fight to rescue the treasured forest from windpark industrialization has begun.
- Claim: Climate Change Increases Risks of Tree Death Fri, 13 May 22, 3:00amBut all of that carbon in trees and forests worldwide could be thrown back into the atmosphere again if the trees burn up in a forest fire.
- Will Planting Trees Reduce Global Warming? Thu, 28 Apr 22, 11:00amThe mutual relationships between forests and climate are actually really rather more complex and not fully understood.
- How much heat can Earth's forests handle? Tue, 12 Apr 22, 5:30amAn international team of researchers carried out a study to determine the heat and moisture threshold for Earth's forests. Published in Nature Communications, the study answers "how hot is too hot" and "how dry is too dry"...
- Claim: Global team of scientists determine ‘fingerprint’ for how much heat, drought is too much for forests Wed, 6 Apr 22, 11:00amHow hot is too hot, and how dry is too dry, for the Earth’s forests?
- WA could provide the world with a key mineral in solar panels. But there may be a cost Mon, 21 Mar 22, 10:17amAn increasing number of companies are looking to Western Australia for potential high-grade silica mine locations to meet global demand, but locals fear for the future of pristine national parks.
- 3.. 2.. 1.. Claim: Colorado Wildfires Because Climate Change Sun, 2 Jan 22, 9:00pmClimate ambulance chasers are trying to bag another photogenic wildfire for their cause. But Colorado legislated a moratorium on prescribed burns in 2012, following a burn fail which ended in three fatalities.
- Study: Cleared Tropical Forest Regrowth Helps Slow Climate Change Mon, 13 Dec 21, 5:00pmInstead of banning logging in the Amazon, climate activists should encourage managed logging, to help draw down more CO2 from the atmosphere.
- Aussie Bushfire Madness: Fuel Load Not an Issue, All Climate Change Sun, 28 Nov 21, 5:00amReducing available fuel seems and obvious strategy for fire risk management. But according to the CSIRO, the real culprit is climate change.
- 110 countries pledge to end deforestation by 2030 Thu, 4 Nov 21, 4:30amMore than 100 leaders from around the world pledged to reverse deforestation by 2030, in what's being lauded as the first big achievement of COP26...
- Forest Degradation A Major Climatic Warming Driver, Study Finds. CO2-Induced Tree Growth Cools? Sat, 31 Jul 21, 11:00am“The conclusion is that forest managers therefore have some control in climate change over how much the forests entrusted to them heat up and are potentially damaged as a result...
- Forests the size of France have been restored in the past 20 years Tue, 18 May 21, 2:30amA study by Trillion Trees, a joint venture of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), BirdLife International and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has revealed that more than 59 million hectares of forests have been restored since...