Mar 07 2011

Plant Call-to-Arms Against Climate Change

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Chemistry,Climate Change,Conservation,Drought,Forests,Global Warming,Plants,Pollution,Water,Weather — Tim Wall @ 2:02 pm
Plants in Florida have fewer stomata now than they did a century ago - reducing the amount of moisture they release into the air.

Feb 28 2011

Iconic Pine Trees May Vanish

Tag: Beetles,Climate Change,Forests,North America,Trees — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:37 pm
Warming temperatures make the towering lodgepole pine tree vulnerable to drought and pests.

Feb 24 2011

Moss: The Breakfast of Champions

Tag: Forests,Plants,Trees — Tim Wall @ 12:21 pm
The forest nitrogen cycle begins with 100-year-old trees and the moss that grows on them.

Feb 14 2011

Birds Loving Honeysuckle Invaders

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animal Relationships,Biodiversity,Birds,Food,Food Chain,Forests,Plants — Tim Wall @ 8:15 pm
Your friendly neighborhood honeysuckle is probably an invasive species -- and that's OK.

Feb 10 2011

Moon Tree Locations A Mystery

Tag: Forests,Plants,The Moon,Trees — Tim Wall @ 5:04 pm
After circling the moon as seeds, so-called "moon trees" are now in our midst, but their locations are a mystery.

Feb 07 2011

Melting Snowpack Puts Wolverines at Risk

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animal Instincts,Animal Science,Biodiversity,Carbon Emissions,Climate Change,Forests,Global Warming,Mountains,Water — Christina Reed @ 9:12 pm
Cutting carbon emissions soon could help save mountain snowpack, and so wolverines, in the northwest United States.

Feb 03 2011

Amazon Drought of 2010 Sign of Forest Fatigue

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Climate Change,Drought,Forests,Global Warming,Meteorology,Trees — John D. Cox @ 7:07 pm
The frequency of severe drought conditions in the Amazon Rainforest indicates potential for accelerated climate change.

Feb 02 2011

Palm Plantations Pummel Peat Swamp Forests

Tag: Biodiversity,Birds,Carbon Emissions,Conservation,Forests,Plants,Renewable Energy,Trees — Tim Wall @ 12:55 pm
Trying to find economic stability, Borneo is losing a goldmine of endemic species.

Jan 28 2011

Cocaine Killing Forests in Colombia

Tag: Cocaine,Deforestation,Drugs,Forests,Illegal Drugs,National Parks,Parks and Forests,Trees — Emily Sohn @ 2:30 pm
The drug trade increases deforestation, but a new assessment also finds national parks can buffer the effect.

Jan 20 2011

Downhill Mountain Migrations

Tag: Climate Change,Forests,Global Warming,Meteorology,Mountains,Plants,Trees,Weather — John D. Cox @ 4:52 pm
While other species travel uphill, in some western mountains forests are expanding downhill into warmer temperatures.
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