Can Trees Save Us From Climate Change?

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jul 16, 2019 Scientists now know where to start restoring the forests to soak up carbon and cool the planet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Solution to Sweltering City Summers

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 17, 2019 Urban planners need to add more green space and tree-lined avenues to the mix to combat global warming in our concrete jungles. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mixed Forests May Not Resist Climate Change

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Dec 4, 2017 Variety is not just life’s spice but its support system. However, it may not be so simple for mixed forests, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Urban Trees Thrive as Cities Warm, Study Shows

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 23, 2017 Researchers find that trees are undergoing a longer growing season as a consequence of climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

City Trees Boost Health and Wealth

By Tim Radford Aug 30, 2017 Urban canopy delivers significant economic and lifestyle benefits and is a boon to the global environment too, scientists find. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Humans Cannot Simply Plant Their Way Out of Climate Change

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 29, 2017 Nothing, not even the creation of huge plantations of trees to absorb carbon dioxide, is a viable alternative to drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Street Value’ of California Trees Is $1 Billion

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 25, 2016 Researchers calculate the huge environmental and economic benefits to taxpayers of the trees that line many streets in California’s cities and suburbs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Droughts Are Giving Trees ‘Heart Attacks’

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 29, 2016 Research identifying survival traits in different tree species could prove vital in helping reduce the massive losses caused by heat extremes as the world warms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Do Israeli Assaults on Palestinians Differ From the Way Gentiles Once Attacked Jews in Europe?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2014 Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy argues that recent events have shown that the Jewish state has pity for only the Jews; scientists have found a possible explanation for conservative outrage over women having sex lives; meanwhile, an Ebola outbreak spread in large part due to deforestation. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Carbon Dioxide Levels

Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons May 26, 2013 Dig deeper

Brazil’s Bizarro Sarah Palin

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Brazil's Bizarro Sarah Palin, former Environment Minister Marina Silva, has just resigned from the ruling Worker's Party in protest of the party's neglect of environmental concerns. The move by Silva, a popular rain forest activist who had been a 30-year party member, is also believed to be an attempt to ramp up support for a run at the presidency next year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tree Dreams

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