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 ...

Large trees can create a quiet shady spot, but their roots can pose problems in your yard. Follow these recommendations to ...

My childhood home in Vermont included a backyard that opened up to a trail through the woods. Perhaps it was an old logging or sugaring trail. After school, that road led me into a separate world, one ...

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 ...

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 ...

Burnt trees are seen after illegal fires were lit by farmers in Manaquiri, Amazonas state, on September 6, 2023. From September 2, 2023 to September 6, 2023, 2,500 forest fires in Amazon state alone ...

Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing.

Lush landscape of the Amazon Rainforest in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. As an ecologist, the most frequent question I get asked is: Can nature really help in the fight against climate change? The ...