Ecologist Jamie Pullen opens the earth with an orange dibble bar, a shovel-like device with a slim, cleaver-shaped tip. Then, ...

Developers want to plant 600,000 trees near Lanchester as part of a timber forest and holiday park.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. New studies raise issues that complicate the ambitious goals to use ...

When a record-breaking drought and heat wave swept across China's Yangtze River Basin in 2022, forests across the region ...

Researchers in the United States, Europe, and Argentina have discovered that some trees stop growing in the heat of summer—a ...

Forests are shaped by light competition. The trees that grow the tallest have access to the most sunlight, blocking the rays ...

Explore how Thailand's use of Leucaena trees for reforestation and fodder has led to unexpected negative impacts on native ...

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests. Mickey Pullen/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center However, many tree-planting commitments have a critical flaw: ...

An area of ecologically intact and biodiverse grassland larger than France is endangered by an NGO-fueled push to plant as many trees as possible. By Lauren Leffer Published Feb 15, 2024 2:00 PM EST ...

Allowing forests to regenerate on their own has been championed as a strategy for reducing planet-heating carbon in the atmosphere while also boosting biodiversity, the benefits ecosystems offer and ...

Northern Ireland has a target of achieving 12% woodland cover by 2050.

The city's first tree inventory since 2011 will assess 6,000 trees and create a roadmap for maintaining and diversifying the ...