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Aug. 10, 2020 —A new study suggests that future reductions in seasonal snowpack as a result of climate change may negatively influence forest growth in semi-arid climates, but less so in wetter ...
Aug. 2, 2022 —Over the past 60 years, the global forest area has declined by 81.7 million hectares, a loss that contributed to the more than 60 percent decline in global forest area per capita. This loss threatens ...
Sep. 18, 2020 —Global maps of places where people and forests coexist show that an estimated 1.6 billion people live within 5 kilometers of a forest. The assessment, based on data from 2000 and 2012, showed that of ...
Feb. 23, 2021 —A new study offers rare insights into the unique social character of forest elephants, the least understood of the world's three currently existing elephant species. Limited access to food in ...
Sep. 28, 2020 —After calculating how much carbon had been lost through deforestation, scientists have discovered that, in more than 30 years, the regrowth of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon has offset ...
Sep. 21, 2020 —In the United States, fully stocking non-stocked and poorly stocked forests would result in an annual increase of 20 percent in the amount of carbon sequestered by ...
Dec. 17, 2021 —Forest restoration treatments can reduce future fire severity and benefit populations of California spotted owls, even with temporary disruptions within owl habitats in the Sierra Nevada, ...
Sep. 17, 2020 —A new study presents the first comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of primary forests in Europe -- and shows that many of them are not protected and at risk of being destroyed. The ...
Sep. 23, 2020 —Please do not disturb: After forest fires, bark beetle infestations and other damage, the affected forests should not be ...
Sep. 29, 2021 —The accelerated proliferation of lianas in old-growth forest due to natural disturbance may be altering forest structure, regeneration, and ...