There is nothing like a tree. It is one of nature’s most generous multi-taskers, providing food, fiber, fuel, shade and habitat for humans and wildlife alike. Forests are a vital part of the Earth’s water and carbon cycles. The planet’s 3 trillion trees provide some of the last wild placesContinue Reading
Pick any tree in Gentilly, and the chances are good that Connie Uddo had something to do with it. Along boulevards of modest homes and well-kept lawns, she points to dozens of magnolias she put in the ground last month and lines of 30-foot-tall oaks she planted after Hurricane Katrina.Continue Reading
As New Orleans rebuilt itself during the years after Hurricane Katrina, Susannah Burley noticed one treasured part of the city was slow to return: its trees. More than 100,000 oaks, cypress and other trees were lost in parks and other public lands, and an untold number were torn away fromContinue Reading
“When you smell the fragrance of an orange, for example, it is your memories that create the exact scent,” neuroscientist Hanne Stensola explains. Married couple Hanne and Tor Stensola have been all over the world with the world’s most outstanding neuroscientists. Now they have settled down in their hometown ofContinue Reading
Michael Judd strides among the chestnut trees on the four-hectare (10-acre) swath of land that he manages in Frederick, Maryland. The trees spread above him, the last few nuts dangling from the branches like Christmas ornaments. Covering the ground is a soup of dead leaves, hiding spiky chestnut shells. Judd,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON—A ceremony on the Capitol’s West Lawn to light a 78-foot red spruce from Pisgah National Forest earlier this month heralded the festive holiday season. The tree was one of nearly 5 million Christmas trees harvested in North Carolina this year. “Our Capitol Christmas tree reminds us of the importanceContinue Reading
The debate rears its head every holiday season: Should I get a real tree or an artificial one? Which one is better for the environment? Artificial trees have been growing in popularity in recent years, but Americans still love the real deal. 26 million Christmas trees were sold in 2019.Continue Reading
University of Vermont (UVM) researchers mimicked climate change-triggered extreme precipitation events in an experiment at the UVM Jericho Research Forest in northwestern Vermont. They discovered severe drought and rainfall events can greatly affect tree seedling survival in the forest, but survival largely depends on tree species’ traits, like seed size,Continue Reading
New Delhi: US and India announced a new initiative to increase tree coverage outside of forest lands in India in a bid to support global climate change mitigation and adaptation goals. “The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, the Government of India and the US Agency for International DevelopmentContinue Reading
Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News After a ceremonial tree planting outdoors, Diageo Canada opened up its bottling plant in Amherstburg for a tour on Friday, June 3, 2022. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Article content A seedling of an idea to plant a row of trees to help blockContinue Reading
