By John Cannon Planting trees is a vital strategy to combat both climate change and the biodiversity crisis. As forests grow, ...

Lush landscape of the Amazon Rainforest in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. Lush landscape of the Amazon Rainforest in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.Getty Images As an ecologist, the most frequent ...

The increasingly urgent climate crisis has led to a boom in commercial tree plantations in an attempt to offset excess carbon emissions. However, authors argue that these carbon-offset plantations ...

Researchers from the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program are involved in the recently launched EU-funded Trees4Adapt project. The project focuses on tree-based solutions for climate ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. A new study of 5.6 million trees across 63 U.S. cities’ tree ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Trees are magicians with carbon, pulling it out of the air at ...

The cultivation of oil palm is here to stay. However, a five-year study indicates that creating islands of native trees within oil-palm monocultures increases biodiversity and ecosystem functioning ...

Farmers plant or preserve riparian buffers for various reasons, such as improving water quality, controlling erosion, or maintaining hunting habitat. Now, a new study from the University of Illinois ...