Oak trees accumulate more wood when there is more carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere. That's the key finding from our new study, carried out in a long-established forest in Staffordshire, England, ...

Forests provide myriad benefits, including timber, wildlife attraction, local cooling and climate resilience. At the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, ecologists are testing which tree ...

The national forests in the United States span an extraordinary range of landscapes. Desert peaks, swampy coastlines, and even a tropical rainforest all fall under the authority of the U.S. Forest ...

Pragati hai toh prakriti hai (“If there is nature, there is progress.”) Forests are like the "lungs of our planet". They help ...

Reforestation and afforestation programs are promoted as strategies to mitigate rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations and enhance ecosystem services. Planting diverse forests is supposed to foster ...

In highly deforested landscapes and degraded forests, large-seeded big trees are losing out to opportunistic, fast-growing species, a recent study has found. Having examined 1,207 tree species across ...