The legal fight to rescue the treasured forest from windpark industrialization has begun.
But 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.
The mutual relationships between forests and climate are actually really rather more complex and not fully understood.
An 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"...
How hot is too hot, and how dry is too dry, for the Earth’s forests?
An 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.
Climate 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.
Instead of banning logging in the Amazon, climate activists should encourage managed logging, to help draw down more CO2 from the atmosphere.
Reducing available fuel seems and obvious strategy for fire risk management. But according to the CSIRO, the real culprit is climate change.
More 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...
“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...
A 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...
After 8 years of planning and construction, Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has finished 14 Nordic-style cabins for Breitenbach Landscape Hotel, a property in Breitenbach, France...
It is well established that forests soak up carbon dioxide from the air and store it in wood and soils, slowing the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere; however, that is not their only effect on climate...
Awareness comes in many forms, including news, advertising and person-to-person discussions. In Russia, one awareness campaign focused on forest pollution caused by human activities implemented a unique spin to...
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