Collapse is nigh (aussie.zone)
This is a future I don’t want to live in....
Defending and Expanding the Urban Forest: Opposing unnecessary tree removal requests (treenet.org)
The removal of senescing trees or those which pose a genuine risk to health or property is part of professional urban tree management. However, there are many requests for tree removals that are not based on a genuine likelihood of injury or property damage, but rather on an unfounded fear of what might happen or where the tree...
How can cities help trees survive extreme heat? (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers investigated the impact of extreme heat on trees during Australia’s last major heatwave, in 2019 and 2020. They found species with large thin leaves, such as red maple, were particularly vulnerable to extreme heat, whereas trees with thicker leaves, such as ash and Chinese elm, were better able to regulate their...
A revelation about trees is messing with climate calculations (arstechnica.com)
Clouds are the largest source of uncertainty in climate predictions....
How to save plants from climate change? Just ask them (California) (www.sciencedaily.com)
Human-caused climate change is altering the temperatures and rainfall patterns to which those and other trees are accustomed, and many have already been pushed close to the edge of what they can endure....
IngaFoundation - Restoring Land – Sinking Cabon – Transforming Lives – Saving Rainforest (www.ingafoundation.org)
Slash and burn farming is rapidly destroying the world’s remaining rainforests and sending vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Yet for more than 250 million farmers across the world, it is the only way they can survive....
How we brought mistletoes back to the trees of Melbourne – while warding off hungry possums (theconversation.com)
cross-posted from: aussie.zone/post/2027785...
How's my pruning? Rate it out of 10. (i.postimg.cc)
Just kidding. These are Eucalyptus pollards before the cut was tidied up....
The illegal killing of 265 trees on Sydney's North Shore is not just vandalism. It's theft on a grand scale (theconversation.com)
cross-posted from: aussie.zone/post/1760733...
"We are killing this ecosystem": the scientists tracking the Amazon's fading health (www.nature.com)
Luciana Gatti stares grimly out of the window of the small aircraft as it takes off from the city of Santarém, Brazil, in the heart of the eastern Amazon forest....
The humble spotted gum is a world class urban tree. Here's why... (theconversation.com)
cross-posted from: aussie.zone/post/1641341...
Tropical Forests May Be Getting Too Hot for Photosynthesis (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/375312...
New 'tiny forest' ('big garden'?) to be planted in Leicestershire (www.bbc.com)
A “Tiny forest” of about 600 new trees will be planted in Leicestershire as part of a scheme....
Conservationists race to save critically endangered insect found in the River Dee in Wales (www.buglife.org.uk)
Staff at the conservation zoo, renowned for its work to bring species back from the brink, were called in by fellow charity Buglife Cymru to start an emergency breeding effort for the Scarce Yellow Sally Stonefly - part of a rescue mission to save the species from extinction following its rediscovery in the River Dee, North...
Deforestation blamed for craters that could swallow a city of 70,000 (nationalpost.com)
Deep craters are forming in and around the city of Buriticupu, located in the country’s northeast, which have swallowed up houses, streets and people alike....
The Grove of Giants: Tasmania's most carbon-dense forest (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
cross-posted from: aussie.zone/post/1334355...
Throwing shade: Model maps NYC street trees' cooling benefits (phys.org)
The high-resolution, 3D model not only details trees’ location, type and size, but simulates how local conditions such as street orientation, street width and building height influence their shading benefits....
'National disgrace’: protest after tree estimated to be hundreds of years old cut down in Tasmania (www.theguardian.com)
This has caused quite a stir in Australia. More articles and photos in the follow-ups....
**Tropical trees use social distancing to maintain biodiversity:** Tropical forests often harbor hundreds of species of trees in a square mile, but scientists often struggle to understand how such a d
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/science/p/1171656...
Etching your name on tools (www.youtube.com)
It helps to have your name permanently engraved on valuable tools, but engraving is difficult. Rob shows an easy and inexpensive way to label your steel tools permanently....
