Deforestation in Brazil was falling before 2014. Under Bolsonaro, it’s back to record highs.
Brazil, home to the Amazon rainforest and a notable absence in previous deforestation agreements, has signed this time.
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Halting forest loss is a crucial milestone on the road to net zero.
Many trees were still green in Maine’s Grafton Notch State Park on Oct. 1, 2021, when the area’s foliage is typically near peak color.
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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.
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.
Wild sandalwood populations in Australia have been slowly collapsing for decades. New research found the Western Australian government has been warned repeatedly for a century.
When a plant is stressed, it mobilises its resources and often converts its starch reserves back to sugar. As soon as this happens, the stressed plant becomes sweeter than its healthier neighbours.
The world’s pledges so far aren’t enough to stop climate change, U.N. data show.
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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.
Shorea smithiana, a rainforest tree vulnerable to habitat loss. Sepilok, Sabah, Malaysia.
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Biological control strategies curb pests using other species that attack the invader. A biologist explains why it can take more than a decade to develop an effective biological control program.
Spring is rapidly approaching and many birds are hunting for the best nesting sites. Competition is fierce — especially for species that nest in tree hollows.
Planting 8 billion trees a year would replace about half of the 15 billion cut down annually.
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