Lightning Kills 320 Million Trees Yearly. With Warming, the Toll Could Rise
A new study finds that lightning kills some 320 million trees around the world each year, more than was previously ...
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Fig trees may benefit climate by turning carbon dioxide into stone todayheadline
Fig trees may be especially good at removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphereRaimund Linke/mauritius images GmbH/Alamy Some fig trees can ...
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Who cut down these public trees in King County? Lawsuit targets property owners
Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. ...
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City Lights Extend Growing Season for Urban Trees
From New York to Paris to Beijing, urban trees are enjoying an extra-long growing season, a new study finds.The reason, ...
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Ash trees are rapidly evolving some resistance to ash dieback disease todayheadline
Some ash trees have genetic variants that confer partial resistance to ash diebackFLPA / Alamy Ash trees in the UK ...
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Offsetting global fossil fuel stores by planting trees is impossible todayheadline
A tree-planting project in British Columbia, CanadaJames MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images It would be nearly impossible to plant enough trees ...
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Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year
MINNEAPOLIS -- More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening ...
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Wildfire threatens Joshua Trees in area park critical to species’ survival
A fire ignited in the Covington Flats area of Joshua Tree National Park on Friday afternoon and burned 165 acres ...
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Severe thunderstorms down trees, knock out power to thousands across parts of Great Lakes region
Storms accompanied by deep, booming thunder, lightning displays and powerful winds swept through parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, northern Indiana and ...
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How Herbicide Drift from Farms Is Harming Trees in Midwest
Fifteen years ago, Roger Beadles began noticing that the leaves on his oaks didn’t look right. They were small and ...
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