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A thousand years old and 20 storeys high: tracking down Taiwan’s tallest trees

The country’s biggest tree – named Heaven Sword of the Da’an River – is a carbon-storing behemoth hosting whole neighbourhoods of wildlife. But this and other giant trees are under threatThe higher you climb up the gigantic, millennia-old trees of Taiwan’s forests, the more layer

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‘Instant connection to the past’: how the Major oak affected those who saw it

Readers remember the Sherwood Forest tree that has failed to produce leaves for the first time in 1,000 years Continue reading...

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Fossils upend catastrophist narrative that flowering plants flourished only after dinosaur

A unique cache of plant fossils from volcanic deposits in New Mexico contradicts the common narrative that flowering plants were minor players in Earth's forests until dinosaurs disappeared 66 million years ago.

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Warming may slow forest growth and cut carbon storage by 30%, model shows

Forests and land play an important role in absorbing carbon dioxide emissions, but current models and forecasts don't incorporate a surprising ecological discovery: Despite more available carbon, climate change and warmer temperatures are slowing forest growth.

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Spiders benefit from seemingly monotonous forests

In ecology, the principle holds that the more diverse and heterogeneous a habitat is, the more different species it supports. To promote species diversity in forests, clearings are therefore created for nature conservation purposes, or deadwood is deliberately left in place. For

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Heat is destroying Australia's underwater forests. Seaweed biobanks could help save them

Australia's Great Southern Reef is built not by coral but by seaweed. The seaweed forests on these rocky reefs stretch more than 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) around southern Australia.

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Some boreal forest species fail to recover even 100 years after clearcutting

Boreal forests are being clear-cut faster than some of their wildlife and plant species can recover, with a few failing to return even 100 years after harvesting, according to University of Alberta-led research.

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Extreme droughts in the rainforest reduce important feedback between soil and atmosphere,

Isoprene is a volatile organic compound (VOC) that is produced naturally by plants. More than 500 megatonnes of isoprene are emitted each year into Earth's atmosphere, primarily from tropical forests. Soils are recognized sinks for atmospheric isoprene, but their behavior in natu

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New modeling shows where to focus conservation efforts for Australia's endangered alpine a

An alpine ash forest is a sight to behold. Alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis) is a tall eucalypt species that grows in the cool, wet mountains of southeastern Australia.

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Three beaver kits born in Wyre Forest enclosure

New beaver kits are captured on camera after a family of six beavers were first released in 2024. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Agro.

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Tree size, not age, may speed habitat recovery for endangered Indiana bats

Bugs run rampant in the summer, and if you have ever suffered a mosquito bite and regretted not putting on bug spray, you should know about nature's insect repellent: the Indiana bat. Federally endangered since 1967, the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) helps with pest control and su

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How giant tropical trees transport water 70 meters to stay as drought-resilient as smaller

The giant trees of tropical forests are important allies in the fight against climate change because of their ability to store carbon, yet they are still poorly understood by science. However, a study published in the journal Science reveals a crucial survival mechanism: These tr

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