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A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth Day
Arborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit’s eastside by planting giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees ...
A century ago, the government hired unemployed young men to build America's forests, trails, and parks. Photos show FDR's 'tree army.'
During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and transformed ...
Non-native trees gain ground in eastern US, reducing native species diversity
In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old ...
Transgene-free genome editing in poplar trees: A step toward sustainable forestry
Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology and VIVES University College have developed a new method to ...
Oaks excel at supporting the food web (including us). Arbor Day is a reason to plant one
The last Friday in April is national Arbor Day. It's a great time to plant trees. And it's an especially great time to plant ...
Seeing the wood for the trees: Why we shouldn’t mourn every felled oak
Trees are emotive, as the furore over the Toby Carvery oak and the Sycamore gap prove. But a political obsession with ...
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Flowers and trees are blooming earlier. Is it because of climate change?
Welcome!! This is the first episode of Nature Quest, a monthly Short Wave segment that answers listener questions about your ...
Maryland Protected Nearly a Third of Its Land, and It’s Reaching for More
Kate Burgess, who tracks state legislation to protect land for the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, said that while Maryland was the first state to reach the 30 percent goal, Vermont has ...