Estimates of ecosystem carbon mitigation improved towards the goal of the Paris agreement
Credit: Masayuki Kondo Approximately 30 percent of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere by human activities, mainly the use of fossil ...
Tag: Forestry
No ‘clouded’ judgments: Geostationary satellite an alternative to monitor land surfaces
Researchers explain how a new meteorological satellite can be an option to monitor land surfaces and climate changeCredit: Tomoaki Miura ...
Scientists accidentally discover a new water mold threatening Christmas trees
Credit: De-Wei Li, Neil P. Schultes, James A. LaMondia, and Richard S. Cowles Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are ...
Researchers find some forests crucial for climate change mitigation, biodiversity
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A study by Oregon State University researchers has identified forests in the western ...
Better wildfire and smoke predictions with new vegetation database
Credit: University of Washington It's hard to find a place in the U.S. that isn't impacted by wildfires and smoke. ...
Deer and elk can help young Douglas-fir trees under some conditions
Credit: Thomas Stokely, OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Long considered pests by forest managers, deer and elk can ...
New expert findings seek to protect national parks from invasive animal species
More than half of America's national parks are facing a grave and immediate threat, according to new paperCredit: Photo courtesy ...
In hunted rainforests, termites lose their dominance
Rice ecologists see sharp reduction in insect 'engineers' when elephants, other large animals disappearCredit: Photo by Therese Lamperty HOUSTON - ...
Tiny woodlands are more important than previously thought
Credit: Photo: Pieter De Frenne Small woodlands in farmland have more benefits for humans per area, compared to large forests ...
Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns
Credit: Martin Jung, University of Sussex Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as ...
Habitat restoration alone not enough to support threatened caribou: UBC study
Other conservation methods may also be needed until restored sites are more establishedCredit: UBC Faculty of Forestry New UBC research ...
Forest farms could create market for ginseng, other herbs
Credit: Eric Burkhart, Penn State A transition from wild collection of herbs to forest farming needs to occur in Appalachia ...
NJIT’s Chrystoff Camacho wins an Edison patent award for an aerial reforestation device
Credit: Photo provided by The Research & Development Council of New Jersey. Chrystoff Camacho, an inventor and budding entrepreneur who ...
Unique mycology reference pairs genus descriptions with 1,000-plus original watercolors
Credit: Miguel Ulloa According to mycologist, author, and artist Miguel Ulloa, "The best way to understand and remember scientific names ...
How to fight illegal cocoa farms in Ivory Coast
Study finds regular foot patrols reduce illicit activityCredit: Photo by W. Scott McGraw, Courtesy of Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio ...
Melanin-producing Streptomyces are more likely to colonize plants
Credit: Phytobiomes Journal Plant growth-promoting Streptomyces assemble into the internal, root endophytic compartments of a wide variety of plants around ...
Study measures impact of agriculture on diet of wild mammals
In an article published in PNAS, Brazilian researchers stress the need for agricultural management that favors the maintenance of wildlifeCredit: ...
Moss: a bio-monitor of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Yangtze River Delta
Credit: Tao Huang Atmospheric reactive nitrogen (N) deposition has more than doubled over the past century. Â It is very important ...
A study warns about the ecological impact caused by sediment accumulation in river courses
Water ecosystems with high nitrate concentrationCredit: Rubén Ladrera (University of La Rioja, Spain) Insects, crustaceans and other water macroinvertebrates are ...
Researchers highlight progress and challenges of phloem research
Credit: JIANG Yanjuan Numerous insects and pathogens extract nutrients from phloem tissue buried deep inside plants. These phloem-feeding insects and ...
