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As Australia’s south-east states reel from intense winds, many of us wonder if the trees near us are safe.
Baobabs have been a source of food, fibre and medicine in Africa for centuries.
As summer temperatures rise, finding ways to build cities that don’t hold in the heat and can provide some cooling is increasingly important.
For trees, growing to maturity involves much more than just reaching upward.
The fight against Eurasian watermilfoil, an invasive aquatic plant in North American lakes, can be long and expensive, so must be carefully planned.
An unplanned experiment when wildfire smoke rolled through Colorado shows how trees keep some of the smoke out.
A large-scale study proves that trees absorb methane through their bark, with climate benefits at a global scale.
While trees are beautiful and benefit the environment, the most practical argument for planting more is that they provide a clear public health benefit, both in the preventive and therapeutic sense.
Hidden in hedgerows, this once majestic tree is being restored to its former glory thanks to volunteers.
Trees are better at designing habitat than we are. Can we use machine learning to get some tips?
The record-breaking and destructive forest fires of the summer of 2023 made headlines. But how did they affect the millions of lakes in the burned catchment areas?
Trees are supposed to grow faster as a result of increased CO₂ in the atmosphere - but this research suggests there are many exceptions to the rule.
Botanist Paul Ashton explains the difference between trees that lose their leaves, and those that don’t on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast.
Most of us just take it for granted. But bark is one of the most complex parts of a tree and has many different jobs to do.
Many in the wider community still see sugar gums as risky trees that drop dangerous branches. But there is much to appreciate and admire about Eucalyptus cladocalyx.
Planting millions of trees in natural grassland is largely ineffective in the battle against global warming because it adds little or no additional carbon storage.
The last time that these two groups of cicadas emerged from underground together, Thomas Jefferson was president.
As temperatures and rainfall patterns change, the time that trees produce catkins could change and affect wildlife that rely on catkins for food.
A new study offers a rare window into the hidden effects of aggressive fire suppression that go beyond fuel accumulation. The practice may even change the course of forest evolution.
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Australian National University
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Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Function and Integration, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Plant Eco-physiology, Western Sydney University
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Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Grinnell College
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Associate Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Biomechanics, University of Hull
