Earlier this year, the Chinese government announced plans for a major reforestation project—growing 6.66 million hectares of new forests this year, an area roughly the size of Ireland. To achieve this goal, China has reassigned more than 60,000 soldiers to plant the trees. According to the Asia Times, a large regiment from the People’s Liberation […]
The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh set a new Guinness World Record on Sunday after 1.5 million volunteers planted more than 66 million tree saplings in just 12 hours along the Narmada river. The effort bested the state of Uttar Pradesh’s previous record-breaking feat, when 800,000 participants planted 50 million trees in one day […]
California’s six years of drought has left 102 million dead trees across 7.7 million acres of forest in its wake, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced following an aerial survey. If that is not horrendous enough, 62 million trees died in the year 2016 alone—an increase of more than 100 percent compared to 2015. In […]
Myth, tradition, inspiration, culture, religion and many other aspects of human life are written into the rings of history within a tree’s trunk. Trees would do just fine if humans ceased to exist—but humans would most definitely not survive without trees. They reduce carbon dioxide while producing oxygen, moderate ecosystems, prevent erosion, and provide shelter, […]
A species of elm thought to be extinct in the UK has just been discovered in one of the Queen’s gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. The 100-foot tall “weeping” Wentworth elms were found during a recent botanical survey of the gardens surrounding the Queen’s official residence, the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Wentworth elmRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Dr. […]
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