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Published Study shows replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration


• Twenty-year experiment finds that active replanting beats natural recovery for restoring logged tr...
Published Is the Amazon forest approaching a tipping point?



Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss ...
Published Logged forests can still have ecological value -- if not pushed too far



Researchers have analysed data from 127 studies to reveal 'thresholds' for when logged rainforests l...
Published Southern Alaska's national forests key to meeting climate, conservation goals



Analyses of U.S. national forests shows that increased protections for two Alaskan forests is a key ...
Published Unique field study shows how climate change affects fire-impacted forests



During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team has ...
Published Forest birds with short, round wings more sensitive to habitat fragmentation - Forest Birds with Short, Round Wings More Sensitive to Habitat Fragmentation



Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body leng ...
Published Diverse forests hold huge carbon potential, as long as we cut emissions



New study estimates that natural forest recovery could capture approximately 226 Gigatonnes (Gt) of ...
Published Deforestation in the tropics linked to a reduction in rainfall - Deforestation in the Tropics Linked to a Reduction in Rainfall


Deforestation is resulting in reduced rainfall across large parts of the tropics, according to new r...
Published How kelp forests persisted through the large 2014-2016 Pacific marine heatwave



New research reveals that denser, and more sheltered, kelp forests can withstand serious stressors a ...
Published Side effects of wide scale forestation could reduce carbon removal benefits by up to a third



The side effects of large-scale forestation initiatives could reduce the CO2 removal benefits by up ...
Published Complex tree canopies help forests recover from moderate-severity disturbances



Extreme events wipe out entire forests, dramatically eliminating complex ecosystems as well as local ...
Published Forest loss intensifies climate change by increasing temperatures and cloud level, which leads to decrease of water



Researchers report that deforestation during the last two decades induced a higher warming and cloud...
Published Conserving wildlife can help mitigate climate change - Conserving Wildlife Can Help Mitigate Climate Change


Solving the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis are not separate issues. Animals remove billions...
Published We now know exactly what happens in nature when we fell forests - We Now Know Exactly What Happens in Nature When We Fell Forests



Deforestation is the biggest threat to the planet's ecosystems, and new research has now mapped out...
Published Slash-and-burn agriculture can increase forest biodiversity, researchers find



The slash-and-burn agriculture practiced by many Indigenous societies across the world can actually...
Published Study examines urban forests across the United States



Tree-planting campaigns have been underway in the United States, especially in cities, as part of cl...
Published Subalpine forests in the Northern Rockies are fire resilient--for now



Using lake sediment cores, scientists determined how these subalpine ecosystems recovered after 4,80...
Published Forest, stream habitats keep energy exchanges in balance, global team finds



Forests and streams are separate but linked ecosystems, existing side by side, with energy and nutri ...
Published Conflict in full swing: Forest bats avoid large areas around fast-moving wind turbines



Not only do many bats die at wind turbines, the turbines also displace some species from their habit...
Published A rise in sea urchins and related damage to kelp forests impacts Oregon's gray whales and their food



A recent boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon Coast appears to have had...