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Tag: forests

Students and scientists collaborate to maintain Navajo Nation forests

150 years of grazing, fire suppression, and other land-use changes have transformed these forests.

Earth’s land and trees absorbed almost no net carbon in 2023

The planet’s ability to absorb carbon weakening even moderately would make much steeper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions necessary to get to net zero.

Forests thrive when Indigenous people have legal stewardship of their land

The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples.

Facing a surge in wildfires, the US government turned to Native...

Collaborative efforts between forest agencies and Indigenous communities are improving wildfire management by combining oral histories with long-term archaeological datasets, demonstrating the value of integrating an understanding of the past into solutions for a better future.

Why healthy forests mean fewer pandemics

COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests. Destroying their habitats is killing us.

Open letter from scientists to world leaders: Stop using bioenergy from...

“The best thing for the climate and biodiversity is to leave forests standing—and biomass energy does the opposite.”

Global forest area declined by 60% since 1960, study finds

More monitoring, preservation, and reforestation globally is necessary to maintain forested land and prevent major biodiversity loss.

New study shows oak trees’ positive increase of carbon capture ‘essential...

“Our work adds to the small body of results from laboratories-in-the-forest that are essential to guide climate policy.”

Forests are crucial to combating climate change—will Biden rise to the...

Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.

Protecting mangroves can prevent billions of dollars in global flooding damage...

In many places, preserving and restoring mangrove forests can be an extremely economically effective strategy for protecting coasts from tropical storm damage.

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As children die from hunger and medicine shortages, global outrage mounts over what critics call a campaign of extermination in Gaza, enabled by U.S. policy and a vision of forced displacement.

The country Trump seems dead set on imitating

The Trump administration has begun offering wealthy foreigners the chance to emigrate to the U.S. if they fork over $5 million for a so-called gold card—an alternative to the “green card.”

Elon Musk has the blood of 19 Kentuckians on his hands

DOGE cuts are killing Americans.

Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ slashes healthcare and food aid while delivering massive tax cuts...

New CBO analysis confirms steep losses for poorest Americans under GOP-backed plan as Medicaid, SNAP, and public programs are gutted to fund tax cuts for the top 1 percent.

States can take meaningful climate action, even without federal support: Study

The team also found that there was potential for state efforts to impact pollution in neighboring states.