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Floodplain forests play a pivotal role in the Mississippi River ecosystem – creating wildlife habitat, improving water quality, storing carbon and slowing flooding. But they’re disappearing faster as high water from longer-lasting floods soaks the trees more than they can stand. With funding available, the challenge is finding the right solution before things get much worse.

Remaining river floodplain forests provide biodiversity, flood mitigation.

Remaining river floodplain forests provide biodiversity, flood mitigation.

ASHFIELD, Mass. — The Forest Climate Resilience Program invites the public to attend the Forest Climate Resilience Program's upcoming workshop, "Understanding and Untangling...

MARION — Join the Marion Natural History Museum for a presentation by David Orwig, Senior Ecologist and Forest Ecologist w

There is a mystery scientists are still trying to figure out, which is, what does it mean for the tree when its leaves change colors?

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The towering trees of Yosemite National Park have long held a treasured place in the American psyche, whether the ancient and majestic sequoias, the Ponderosa

The drama playing out today was set in motion 150 years ago. One person can change the ending.

Study Shows the Significant Effect of Climate Change on Central African Forests A global research work coordinated by scientists from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and CIRAD has disclosed the composition of the tropical forests in Central Africa and their susceptibility to the rising pressure from human activity and climate change predicted in the forthcoming years. Gradient of the vulnerability of Central African forests to climate change and increased human pressure...