Fire season is once again in full swing, with over 37,000 wildfires already burning in 2020. Early detection is the key to battling these blazes — itself an effort that saves countless homes, acres of ...

Understanding the biodiversity of forests is crucial to their conservation or restoration. Collecting “external DNA” left behind by animals is a good way to find out what lives there without having to ...

Many people look at trees to relax, taking in the soothing fractal patterns to adjust their eyes from too many hours spent at a computer. Dominick "Dom" Ciruzzi, assistant professor of geology at ...

First came the roar and rumble. Then skyscrapers swayed and highways buckled and walls of water whisked cars, trees, even blazing buildings across the countryside. “Oh, my God, the building’s going to ...

'Oh my god!' says the camera-person as they video the swaying trees -- and capture the moment a tree snaps and falls towards them. 'Oh my god!' says the camera-person as they video the swaying trees - ...

Hurricane Florence is causing damage in York County before the worst of it gets here. Twitter and Facebook users are sharing wind damage, as are public agencies. The York County Sheriff’s Office ...

Sunday's storm brought wind, rain and power outages to Long Island. Swaying trees had power authorities keeping watch on more potential power outages due to lines being knocked down from the gusty ...

Q: I have a house on a wooded lot and was wondering what enabled the trees to bend and sway in the wind without breaking in last week’s wind storm? —D.T. Florence A: Watching the towering pines sway ...