Research helps California forest managers assess smoke risks from prescribed burns
Across the American West, managers of fire-prone landscapes are increasingly resorting to a practice that seems counterintuitive: starting small fires ...
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Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds
Climate change is reshaping forests differently across the United States, according to a new analysis of U.S. Forest Service data. ...
A forest in New York State is said to be the oldest in the world
American scientists say they have discovered that a forest located a few hours' drive from New York may be the ...
22-million-year-old petrified mangrove forest discovered in Panama Canal
A team of environmental and natural scientists from EAFIT University in Colombia, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and ...
Perennial forest fires in Africa fueled by aerosol reactions
Africa is on fire. This has been the case for thousands of years. The continent contains on average more than ...
Supercomputer provides new suite of Lyman-α forest simulations to illustrate the large-scale structure of the universe
Like a celestial beacon, distant quasars emit the brightest light in the universe. They emit more light than our entire ...
Americans encouraged to cut down their Christmas tree…in a protected forest
The United States Forest Service has launched a program to allow Americans to purchase a natural Christmas tree for as ...
