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A large wildfire that originated in the western part of the Town of Deerpark was out on April ...

Clemson, Harvard researchers study long-term hurricane effect on trees

The island of Dominica took a direct hit from Category 5 Hurricane Maria. Nine months afterward, Clemson University researchers found that while 89% percent of trees located in nine previously documented forest stands were damaged, but only 10 percent had immediately died. The most common damage was stem snapping and major branch damage. The damage with the highest rates of mortality were uprooting and being crushed by a neighboring tree. Large individual trees and species with lower wood density were susceptible to snapping, uprooting and mortality. Those on steeper slopes were more prone to...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose 14% in March from the previous year, preliminary official data showed on Friday, highlighting the continued challenges for the new leftist government.

HYDERABAD: It’s that time of the year again and Sakshi Media Group invites nominations for its 9th edition of Sakshi Excellence Awards for the year 2022, to recognize and honour the deserving people of today's times. Sakshi Excellence Awards is a prestigious initiative by the Sakshi  Media Group, which is an annual formal recognition to recognize individuals or organisations