Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels, new research said Thursday. The ...

Planting trees on school grounds can help cool them. School forests have also been found to improve learning outcomes and student well-being. With support from the U.S. Forest Service, a project ...

The United States has announced sweeping changes to encourage more logging in the country's national forests. A new emergency order requires rolling back environmental protections on almost 60% of ...

North Georgia’s Chattahoochee National Forest district spans 750,000 acres in portions of 18 counties. It is home to old growth trees, wild and scenic rivers, and the southern terminus of the ...

They are ghost forests: the haunting remains of what were once stands of cedar and pine. Since the late 19th century, an ever-widening swath of these trees have died along the shore. And they won ...

The United States has announced sweeping changes to encourage more logging in the country's national forests. A new emergency order requires rolling back environmental protections on almost 60% of ...

The assessment singled out Brazil and Australia, and warned a lack of rules around accounting for forests and other land-based carbon sinks meant countries could "game the system" when reporting ...

Taking note of the use of low-intensity crude bombs to kill wild boars in villages bordering forests, Minister for Forests, Ecology, and Environment Eshwar Khandre directed officials to crack down ...

The land was set to be auctioned off by the Telangana government to make way for an IT park. Like many dense and biodiversity-rich natural forests in India, Kancha Gachibowli does not enjoy legal ...

The Trump administration has removed environmental protections covering more than half of the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the president’s aim to significantly bolster the ...

Most often, they are found in marshes or swamps. Prior research has shown that mangrove forests serve as home to huge numbers of marine creatures—some of whom live among them and some who use ...