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Fire ecologists analysed data from over 10,000 locations and 334 wildfires to assess how post-blaze conditions affect tree growthThe ancient, towering ponderosa pines and Douglas firs that dot the west are dying off at an alarming rate – and increasing…
Spokesperson Penny Sharpe says current system has ‘no red lines’ and party will deliver changes within first 18 months of governmentGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales Labor has promised to fix the s…
Royal Horticultural Society links spread of orchard infections to heatwave with trees still at riskThe UK’s fruit trees are under threat as a result of the climate crisis because plant diseases that thrive in warm weather are becoming more common.Each …
Analysis for Friends of the Earth also finds lower-income areas have far fewer trees than wealthier onesNearly half of English neighbourhoods have less than 10% tree cover, with lower-income areas having far fewer trees than wealthier ones, analysis ha…
Study adds to fears Amazon is approaching tipping point after which it will not be able to generate its own rainfallFor the first time researchers have proven a clear correlation between deforestation and regional precipitation. Scientists hope it may …
Steven Guilbeault wants to block logging of critical old-growth forest to prevent owls from going extinct in British ColumbiaCanada’s environment minister plans to use a rare emergency order to protect the last of an endangered owl species in an area w…
Authorities have blamed the growing of coca – the base ingredient of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwiseCattle-ranching, not cocaine, has driven the destruction of the Colombian Amazon over the last four decades, a new study …
Coalition of neighbourhood groups and NGO seek to halt park works that are part of metro system extensionThousands of people are due to gather in Madrid on Saturday to protest against “barbaric” plans to cut down more than 1,000 trees in two popular pa…
RHS gardeners say buds on trees suggest glorious spring blooms and season will potentially last longerThe UK is expected to have a spring of beautiful blossom, after a heatwave followed by a cold early February set the trees up for peak condition bloom…
Exclusive: Environment minister calls for ex-president to be held to account as she prepares to tackle illegal gold minersFormer president Jair Bolsonaro should be investigated for genocide, Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva, has said, as she…