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Summer Solstice Triggers Mass, Synchronized European Beech Tree Reproduction, Study Finds

Summer Solstice Triggers Mass, Synchronized European Beech Tree Reproduction, Study Finds

A common “old world” tree, European beech can be found across Europe — from southern Scandinavia and Spain to Sicily and northwest Turkey. A new study by an international team of researchers has found that the summer solstice triggers synchronized beech tree reproduction all over the continent, influencing ecosystem functions. “We got inspired by a […]

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    Why You Shouldn’t Rake Your Leaves This Fall

    Why You Shouldn’t Rake Your Leaves This Fall

    The weather is getting cooler, the air is feeling crisper, the leaves are turning yellow and red falling from their trees — and this year, leave those leaves be!  It’s a common misconception that leaves always kill the grass they fall on. Aside from the fact that it’s time to ditch our lawns in the […]

    U.S. Announces $1.13 Billion in Grants for Tree Planting Projects

    U.S. Announces $1.13 Billion in Grants for Tree Planting Projects

    U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $1.13 billion in competitive grants for tree planting projects around the country. The tree planting initiatives are meant to provide more relief from extreme heat, curb climate change and provide more green space in communities. The funding, granted through the U.S. Forest Service’s Urban and Community […]

    Tropical Trees Distance Themselves From Their Own Species to Protect Forest Diversity

    Tropical Trees Distance Themselves From Their Own Species to Protect Forest Diversity

    Tropical forests are the most biologically diverse land-based ecosystems on the planet, sometimes nurturing hundreds of tree species within one square mile. The concentration of diversity is astounding, even to scientists. In a new study conducted in a Panamanian forest, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) discovered that adult trees were […]

    California Enacts Permanent Protections for Joshua Trees

    California Enacts Permanent Protections for Joshua Trees

    The Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act has passed in California. The act is the first legislation in the state to protect a species from climate change. It prohibits any person or public agency from importing, exporting, removing, owning, buying or selling western Joshua trees or any of their parts, and the legislation requires the Department […]

    Rare Underground Flowering Palm Species Discovered in Borneo

    Rare Underground Flowering Palm Species Discovered in Borneo

    Palm trees with their feathery fronds are a long-standing symbol of the tropics… aboveground. Now, researchers with Royal Botanic Gardens (RBC), Kew have documented a unique member of the Arecaceae, or palm, family that produces its flowers and fruits almost exclusively beneath the soil, a press release from RBC, Kew said. The species, which the […]