Wildfires may disappear from the landscape within weeks, but their hidden effects on the soil can persist for decades. An international research team led by the University of Göttingen, together with ...
Forest soils have an important role in protecting our climate: they remove large quantities of methane – a powerful greenhouse gas – from our atmosphere. Researchers from the University of Göttingen ...
Scientists sent hurricane-level floods into a Maryland forest to find out what extreme weather and sea-level rise mean for coastal woodlands Kristen Goodhue PNNL Earth scientist Peter Regier (left) ...
The soils of northern forests are key reservoirs that help keep the carbon dioxide that trees inhale and use for photosynthesis from making it back into the atmosphere. The soils of northern forests ...
New research shows tropical forests can recover twice as fast after deforestation when their soils contain enough nitrogen. Scientists followed forest regrowth across Central America for decades and ...
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A mysterious Amazonian soil is making trees grow six times taller – and nobody knows why
The Amazonian rainforest is one of the most lush, biodiverse places on the planet. But what helps it flourish so vividly might not be a gift of nature alone. Since the 1880s, Western explorers ...
A 2,000-square-foot pocket forest will not solve climate change, writes Rob Moir. But when efforts like this are repeated across communities, their impact begins to add up.
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