Forests
This Music Was Composed by Climate Change
Dying forests make magnificently melancholy listening
How Climate Change Will Transform the National Parks’ Iconic Animals and Plants
Dramatic changes may force park managers to choose which species will live, and which will die
An Insect Could Make Ash Baseball Bats a Thing of the Past
The invasive emerald ash borer is threatening the forests where Rawlings and Louisville Sluggers come from, putting the bats in jeopardy
Peru Cracks Down on Illegal Gold Miners
A boom in outlaw mining activity in the last five years is polluting rivers, poisoning people and destroying forests in the Peruvian Amazon
India Plants a Record 50 Million Trees in 24 Hours
More than 800,000 volunteers planted saplings in public spaces in the state of Uttar Pradesh hoping to reduce greenhouse gases and reforest the countryside
Unfortunately, Reducing Deforestation Isn’t Enough To Protect Amazon Biodiversity
Logging, wildfires and other human disturbances lead to species die-offs
New Agreement Will Help Protect the Amazon Basin
Earth's largest tropical rainforest just got a slew of new allies
Researchers Discover World's Tallest Known Tropical Tree in Sabah's "Lost World"
A 293.6-foot endangered yellow meranti tree on the island of Borneo was discovered by scanning its forests
'Sleeping' Birch Trees Rest Their Branches at Night
Using laser scans of trees in Finland and Austria, researchers tracked interesting arboreal behavior
What's the Best Way to Help the Amazon's Indigenous People?
Can a pioneering computer model save the rainforest's residents from our best intentions?
What Does a Dying Forest Sound Like?
As temperatures rise, scientists scramble to pinpoint trees in danger of drought
Is This the Quietest Square Inch in the U.S.?
An acoustic ecologist reveals his findings
In Borneo’s Ruined Forests, Nomads Have Nowhere to Go
The island’s hunter-gatherers are losing their home to the unquenchable global demand for timber and palm oil
Giving Up Palm Oil Might Actually Be Bad for the Environment
The trouble with the maligned crop isn’t its popularity, but where it’s planted
Listen to Nature Through These Gigantic Wooden Megaphones in Estonia’s Forests
You know, in case a tree falls and there’s no one there to hear it
The Race to Save the World's Great Trees By Cloning Them
A nonprofit dedicated to preserving old, iconic trees is cloning them in hopes of preserving them for the future
This Bird Didn’t Start the Fires, But It May Need Them to Survive
An endangered bird once threatened by humans now relies on us for its survival
Sebastião Salgado Has Seen the Forest, Now He's Seeing the Trees
He documented human suffering around the world. But now, back in his native Brazil, the renowned photographer is healing the devastated landscape
How Hurricane Katrina Redrew the Gulf Coast
While storms here are nothing new, human influence helped Katrina make Louisiana’s ecological problems worse
Death By Fungus, and Other Fun Facts About Fungal Friends and Foes
This Generation Anthropocene episode highlights oft overlooked organisms that may help us better understand human impacts
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