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Age ties in with theory tree was planted in 19th century by landowner known as ‘the man who saved Hadrian’s Wall’Scientists have for the first time confirmed the age of the felled Sycamore Gap tree, adding weight to a theory that it was planted in the …
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers findDeforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a st…
Eucalyptus regnans – which regularly reach 60 to 80m tall – lose about 9% of their trees for every degree of warming, research findsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereVictoria’s mountain ash forests a…
Crews are working to douse blaze on the 325-ft Doerner fir, one of the tallest non-redwood trees in the worldOregon firefighters are working to save one of the tallest non-redwood trees in the world after it caught fire last week.The coastal Douglas fi…
Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policiesPeople’s connection to nature has declined by more than 60% since 1800, almost exactly mirroring the disappearance of nature words such as river,…
Trees to remain as memorial to Marline Anderson, who died recently, and who planted them in Battersea in 1980sThe pair of subtropical grapefruit trees have stood, slightly incongruously, on a street in south-west London for 40-odd years since Marline A…
Overall clearing was up 3%, with almost half in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas while 21% was remnant woodland, government data showsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereForest and woodland across an…
Release of 20 lynx over several years into Kielder Forest area would create population of about 50 animals Releasing just 20 lynx in Northumberland would be enough to create a healthy wild population, research has found, and most people in the area wou…
Exclusive: Anthony Albanese sought ‘advice on strategy’ as federal and state governments prepared for ‘potential impacts of an adverse decision’Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe Albanese governme…
Queensland Conservation Council releases images appearing to show large areas of bushland felled within threatened species habitatFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConservat…