When speculating on what is going to happen to our forests in an uncertain future, it is hard to generalize. Impacts on tree growth, regeneration and mortality due to climate change and other factors (e.g.,Continue reading
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Trees call for water when they are thirsty
When we are dehydrated, it means that our bodies do not have enough water to carry out normal tasks. Then thirst is appearing as the main symptom. To the other symptoms of dehydration, we canContinue reading
CO2 fertilizes forests around the globe
The contribution of CO2 fertilization to the future global Carbon cycle has been uncertain, especially in forest ecosystems. This uncertainty may significantly affect climate change predictions. Researchers from the USA, under the leadership of RichardContinue reading
What can tree rings tell us about Earth’s past?
This month, scientists from University of Oxford published extra-ordinary finding. They have identified a new way of putting accurate dates to great events of prehistory. This new way is called astrochronology and, in this case,Continue reading
Women Live Longer When Surrounded By Nature
Scientists from the United States examined the association between residential greenness and mortality. The results were amazing. They found that women who were living up to 250 meters next to the nature, had a 12%Continue reading
To Feed or not to Feed -that is the question
In many countries, feeding wild ungulates is a common practice. The question arises: do we understand completely a supplementary feeding of ungulates in the forest? It seems that this practice is more complex than oneContinue reading
Tropical forest found in Norway
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean. Recently, researchers from the United Kingdom discovered fossilized tropical forest. Forest is around 380 million years old, and comes from the times when Svalbard was nearContinue reading
How trees chat to each other every day?
Hidden under your feet is an information superhighway that allows trees to communicate and help each other out. Forest ecologist Suzanne Simard and her colleagues at the University of British Columbia have made an interesting discovery: treesContinue reading