Climate change will affect Canada’s boreal forest in a complex way.
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Canada’s boreal forest is affected by global warming, climate change and the frequency of forest fires.
Hotter-burning fires and a warming climate make it harder for seedlings to survive.
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Over 50 fire ecologists across the Western U.S. took an unprecedented look at how forests in thousands of locations are recovering from fire in a changing climate. The results were alarming.
More of us now own indoor plants.
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New research finds that some common houseplants take in nutrients from outside the soil.
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The mountain ash dominates as the tallest species of tree, but they did not win tree with the biggest girth.
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Plath’s sublime nature poetry deserves widespread appreciation for its unfettered joy and deep attunement to the natural world.
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From pine trees to camphor laurel and even the Cootamundra wattle, trees can be weeds too.
Green spaces provide benefits for people and nature. Photo by Ida Breed,
GRIP Research team
South Africa needs to integrate urban green spaces as part of valuable infrastructure and provide framework for their sustainability.
The cultural significance of Tu BiShvat has taken on new meaning in modern Israel.
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Tu BiShvat has religious roots, but early Zionists embraced the day in new, more secular ways.
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Planting trees in urban areas can reduce the impacts of urban heat islands.
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In 2015, 6,700 premature deaths were caused by urban heat – this can be reduced by a third by planting more trees.
Digital technologies like drones are being heavily promoted to address the threats of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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Digital technologies have the potential to yield positive results, if co-developed and used ethically with Indigenous communities.
Some tips can help your tree look as good as it did on the lot for longer.
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From picking the tree to getting it home to setting it up, the choices you make can help it stay fresher – and safer – longer.
Redwood forests like this one in California can store large amounts of carbon, but not if they’re being cut down.
Shane Coffield
Millions of dollars have gone into California’s forest carbon offset program – with little new carbon storage to show for it, a new study suggests.
Meet the winner: Exeter.
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Where does your city rank?
Bill 23 proposes to eliminate or weaken many housing development regulations including site plan controls, which keep us and our natural environment safe from the negative effects of poorly controlled development.
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Poorly regulated housing is leading to more greenhouse gas emissions through energy loss, increased energy requirements and greater exposure to weather extremes.
The carcass of a Grévy’s zebra, an endangered species which exists only in the northern part of Kenya, where drought is ongoing.
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Changing habitat ranges, competition for food and water, and biological effects of climate change all pose threats to wildlife.
While the European spongy moth outbreak reached a dramatic peak in parts of Canada last year, these caterpillars have completely vanished this year.
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Creating and preserving diverse forests can help us prepare for the next insect outbreak and protect our trees.
Wood feeding termites (Microcerotermes spp ) inside their nest.
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Termites are about to experience a significant global expansion in their prime habitat, thanks to climate change. Here’s what that means for deadwood.
A golden-rumped lion tamarin.
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Do you know zoopharmacognosy is? Some animals use trees to treat themselves.
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Urban plantings are part of the solution to living in warmer cities, but most tree and shrub species in the world’s cities will struggle too. The impacts on liveability could be huge.
Aerial view of a residential neighbourhood with abundant urban forest around it.
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Well-designed residential developments with abundant tree cover can help protect cities against urban heat and flooding.