Forests
Globally, Forests the Size of France Have Grown Back Since 2000
New research illustrates the capacity of forests to regenerate if given the chance
Did Stone Age Humans Shape the African Landscape With Fire 85,000 Years Ago?
New research centered on Lake Malawi may provide the earliest evidence of people using flames to improve land productivity
Watch These Two Videos and You Will Feel More Hopeful About the Future of Tropical Forests
Agua Salud's new bilingual videos share the results of tropical reforestation experiments at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama
Highly Invasive Jumping Worms Have Spread to 15 States
The invertebrate depletes topsoil of nutrients and makes it difficult for fungi and plants to grow
Why Did Cahokia, One of North America's Largest Pre-Hispanic Cities, Collapse?
A new study challenges the theory that resource exploitation led to the Mississippian metropolis' demise
Hundreds of Centuries-Old Trees Felled to Rebuild Notre-Dame's Iconic Spire
French authorities cut down some 1,000 historic oaks as part of the Paris cathedral's ambitious reconstruction process
Vandals Deface 'Irreplaceable' Native American Rock Carvings in Georgia
The unknown criminals painted the 1,000-year-old petroglyphs in bright colors and scratched their surfaces beyond recognition
To Fight Climate Change With Trees, America Needs More Seedlings
New research estimates the U.S. would need to double production to meet its reforestation goals
Female Fire Lookouts Have Been Saving the Wilderness for Over a Century
Spotting smoke from towers on high peaks could have been deemed 'man's work,' but a few pioneers paved the way for generations of women to do the job
The Amazon Rainforest Now Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It Absorbs
Climate change and deforestation have transformed the ecosystem into a net source of planet-warming gases instead of a carbon sink
This Map Shows You the Odds of Finding a New Species in Your Neighborhood
The 'Map of Life' predicts where undiscovered birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals could be found around the world
'Ghost Forests' May Become More Common as Sea Levels Rise
East Coast woodlands are left parched as brackish water encroaches on landscapes
Step Into the Mossy World Where Tiny Plants Play an Outsized Role in the Environment
Bryophytes are an important part of our environment, but in the tropics, there's still much to learn about them
Chameleon Discovered in Madagascar May Be World's Smallest Reptile
The male of the newly described species measured just half an inch long from his nose to the base of his tail
Tongass National Forest Loses Restrictions on Logging and Road Development
Located in Alaska, the United States’ largest National Forest provides temperate rainforest habitat for bald eagles, wolves and bears
Colorado's Record-Breaking Blazes Illustrate the West's Lengthening Fire Season
Fire season is usually over by this time in October, but, in a trend experts expect climate change to exacerbate, that's not the case this year
California’s First-Ever Gigafire Blazes Through the State, Scorching More Than One Million Acres
Scientists say that hotter and drier conditions resulting from climate change have fueled this record-breaking fire
In 'a Huge Victory,' California’s Joshua Tree Becomes the First Plant Protected Due to Climate Change
Experts say that climate change will decimate the population of Joshua trees, but California is taking action
How the Revolutionary Thinker Alexander von Humboldt Helped to Create the Smithsonian
The 19th-century polymath continues to influence the Institution’s research; a major Smithsonian exhibition explains how and why
Decades of Tree Data Reveal Forests Under Attack
Smithsonian researchers with ForestGEO found that invasive species are linked to roughly one in four tree deaths in a section of the Blue Ridge Mountains
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