Saihanba National Forest Park in northern China is as beautiful as it is functional. Nearly half a billion trees reach towards the sky in Hebei Province, north of Beijing, but it wasn't always ...

Water levels and drainage are the primary factors influencing this forest community together with soil depth and nutrient status. The density of trees can be quite variable. At some sites trees are so ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — Biologists have discovered a new species of tarantula from the Madrean Sky Island biodiversity hotspot in southeastern Arizona. This remarkable new ... Less Severe Forest Fires ...

Many millions more live along or near forest fringes, but even just a scattering of urban trees can provide benefits to humans, such as increased property values and reduced crime. 4. Keep Us Cool ...

Some involve planting trees on existing farmland, while other methods use an existing forest as a living laboratory for growing shade-loving species. For instance, the traditional hedgerows that ...

The complex relationship between biodiversity, and its capacity to support ecosystem functions, is difficult to observe in forests: trees grow so slowly that research conclusions build slowly too.

16, Issue. 8, For centuries, people have understood that forests, and our utilisation of them, influence the climate. With modern environmental concerns, there is now scientific, governmental, and ...

The primary factors that lead to current forest conditions include logging large trees, fire suppression, and livestock grazing. Since the beginning of the 20th century, all three of these factors ...

The Northern Forest project will see 50 million trees planted from coast to coast and around cities such as Liverpool, York, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and Hull by 2043. Since 2018, nearly eight ...

The phones, already equipped with microphones and GPS, and upgraded with modern software and solar panels, are attached to trees to form a network of listening stations across the forest.

ISLA: Yep. Trees trap and store carbon, which helps reduce the impact of climate change, and they soak up water which helps prevent flooding. In Scotland we have unique areas of forest that ...

Our planet's forests play a crucial part in our fight against climate change. Anna Kitulagoda, our Head of Trillion Trees explains more about the role trees play and what we're doing to help. The past ...