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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Indiana University researchers have found some tree species can handle the rising temperatures linked to climate change better than others, and that could affect the composition of Indiana’s forests. While there is still much work to be done such as rechecking measurements and models and testing trees in different weather...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
In Canada, maps developed by Laura Gray, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Renewable Resources at the U of Alberta, provide projections of climatically suitable habitat for tree species based on climate predictions for the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s.
The study addresses concerns that many populations of wide-ranging...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
A recent state-by-state study finds that U.S. urban trees store carbon and provide billions in economic value. America's urban forests store an estimated 708 million tons of carbon, an environmental service with an estimated value of $50 billion, according to a recent Forest Service study. The annual net carbon uptake by...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
New research conducted by North Carolina State University provides the first evidence that heat can be a key driver of pest outbreaks on urban trees. Since urban warming is similar in magnitude to global warming predicted in the next 50 years, pest abundance on city trees may foreshadow widespread outbreaks as natural...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Wildfires in the U.S. will be at least twice as destructive by 2050, burning around 20 million acres nationwide each year, according to a federal report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Scientists found regions such as western Colorado — which already experienced its most destructive wildfire in history last...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Researchers say growing trees on formerly non-forested land can accumulate soil carbon that helps offset carbon emissions and climate change. In most forests, the amount of carbon held in soils is substantially greater than the amount contained in the trees themselves.
University of Michigan ecologist Luke Nave and his...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Last week, NASF submitted comments to the USDA regarding their efforts to adapt to a changing climate as laid out in its 2012 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan. The comments advanced the concepts approved by NASF as part of the policy statement, NASF Adaptation and Mitigation: Concepts for Forest-Climate Adaptation...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Smithsonian scientists have embarked on an ambitious journey and none of them will be around to see the results. A century from now researchers will gather data from a forest in Maryland to see how, during the previous 100 years, varying levels of species diversity affected its development and how the forest reacted to...
Monday, April 8, 2013
Last week the Maryland General Assembly passed HB 706, more commonly referred to as the Forest Preservation Act of 2013. State Forester Steve Koehn was integral facilitating the process that provided the General Assembly with the background and information to support the passage of the Forest Preservation Act of 2013.
The...
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is a comprehensive, multi-partner response to the threat of climate change in the United States. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the New York Division of Fish, Wildlife, &...
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