By Andrea Germanos A group of more than 500 international scientists on Thursday urged world leaders to end policies that prop up the burning of trees for energy because it poses “a double climate problem” that threatens forests’ biodiversity and efforts to stem the planet’s ecological emergency. The demand came in a letter addressed to […]
By René Mora, Translated by Romina Castagnino Catatumbo Barí National Natural Park protects the unique, remote rainforest in northeastern Colombia. Satellite data show the park lost 6.2% of its tree cover between 2001 and 2019, with several months of unusually high deforestation in 2020. Sources say illegal coca cultivation is rapidly expanding in and around […]
Grasslands play a critical role in carbon sequestration. But a recent study found human activity is causing grasslands to become a source of greenhouse gas emissions. Covering approximately 25 percent of the earth’s surface and containing nearly 12 percent of the land-based carbon stocks, grasslands are essential in supporting food and livestock production, according to […]
The Trump administration has finalized yet another environmental rollback that would allow more logging in national forests without environmental review. The new rule, finalized Wednesday, would allow the U.S. Forest Service to log or manage 2,800 acres of national forest in the Western U.S. without first conducting an environmental review, The Washington Post explained. However, […]
A new study from scientists at the University of Geneva concludes different features are necessary for forests to better capture carbon — an important process continually studied due to climate change — including location, size and climate. Data from forests on five continents was published in the journal Nature Communications contrasting two hypotheses currently at […]
Along the Atlantic coast, ghost forests provide haunting signs of sea-level rise. These stands of bleached and broken tree trunks are all that remain after salty water inundates a forest. Matt Kirwan is with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. He says ghost forests are not a new phenomenon, but they’re moving inland faster as […]
The Trump administration formalized its intention to open up Alaska’s pristine Tongass National Forest, an intact temperate rainforest, to logging and development, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) first announced its intention to lift the forest’s Roadless Rule last month, but it had to wait 30 days before entering […]
America’s largest national forest, Tongass National Forest in Alaska, will be opened up to logging and road construction after the Trump administration finalizes its plans to open up the forest on Friday, according to The New York Times. The plans to open up the forest to logging have been in the works for years. In […]
By Tara Lohan Earlier this month a series of lightning strikes touched off dozens of fires across California, burning 1.5 million acres, choking cities with smoke and claiming at least six lives. Outside California, large wildfires are burning in Colorado and Oregon, too. For people who live near the path of flames or the drifting […]
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