Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned
and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.
Cree Proverb
Interesting articles about trees across the world
Trees and shrubs for poor drainage sites
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences 29 November 2016
The splendor of trees and shrubs is apparent in the above-ground portions of the plants, but what lies beneath should not be ignored.
‘Unprecedented’: More than 100 million trees dead in California
San Francisco Chronicle 19 November 2016
California’s lingering drought has pushed the number of dead trees across the state past 100 million, an ecological event experts are calling dangerous and unprecedented in underlining the heightened risk of wildfires fueled by bone-dry forests. In its latest aerial survey released Friday, the U.S. Forest Service said 62 million trees have died this year in California, bringing the six-year total to more than 102 million.
Is it the end for the conker?
BBC 18 October 2016
Horse chestnut trees are being attacked by a combination of pests and diseases which could cause the conker to vanish
The importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees
Guardian 12 October 2016
Mature trees clean air, lower stress, boost happiness, reduce flood risk – and even save municipal money. So why are they cut down when cities develop – and how should the UN’s new urban agenda protect them?
Trees are much better at creating clouds and cooling the climate than we thought
Theconversation.com 10 October 2016
The pre-industrial atmosphere contained more particles, and so brighter clouds, than we previously thought. It changes our understanding of what was in the atmosphere before humans began adding pollution – and what it might be like again in the future.
As cities get warmer, their trees lose some of their ability to take carbon out of the atmosphere
LA Times 6 October 2016
New research finds that urban warming reduces growth and photosynthesis in city trees by 12% per year
An American tragedy: why are millions of trees dying across the country?
Guardian 19 September 2016
A quiet crisis playing out in US forests as huge numbers of trees succumb to drought, disease, insects and wildfire – much of it driven by climate change.
Do trees have brains and talk to each other? They are intelligent, express emotions and make friends, claims a new book.
Barking? Judge for yourself
Daily Mail 16 September 2016
There's increasing evidence to show that trees are able to communicate with each other. More than that, trees can learn. If that's true — and my experience as a forester convinces me it is — then they must be able to store and transmit information.
The man who thinks trees talk to each other
Guardian 12 September 2016
Beech trees are bullies and willows are loners, says forester Peter Wohlleben, author of a new book claiming that trees have personalities and communicate via a below-ground ‘woodwide web’
Do trees have feelings too? One expert says they do
Telegraph 11 September 2016
Young beech trees are kept in check by their 'mothers'
How millions of trees brought a broken landscape back to life
Guardian 7 Aug 2016
After 25 years, the decision to site the National Forest amid derelict coal and quarry workings has borne spectacular fruit
Forestry for a Low-carbon Future: Integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies
UN Report 20 July 2016
The report highlights a “virtuous cycle” that exploits the life-cycle of wood products to boost the ability of forests to remove and store carbon from the atmosphere. Trees lock carbon in their leaves, branches and soils, while deforestation and forest degradation account for up to 12 per cent of worldwide gas emissions.
Want to know if a tree is thirsty? Listen. It'll tell you.
The Weather Network 20 July 2016
As recent weather patterns have shown, humans and animals aren't the only ones that get scorched by the sun. The earth itself is also under heat distress when a drought hits. But while a field of grass displays more obvious signs of damage, the same couldn't be said for trees.
Group clones California's huge trees to fight climate change
US News 20 July 2016
A team of arborists is cloning some of the world's tallest and oldest trees to combat climate change
Trees Can Limit Climate Change—Unless It Kills Them First
20 July 2016 Bloomberg
Here’s how forests could turn into a source of the very carbon we’re counting on them to absorb.
Trees, forests and land use in drylands: The first global assessment
UN Report 19 July 2016
The FAO report details the number of trees, forests and how the land is used in the world’s drylands, and the findings could be used to track progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and help fight climate change.
After 300 Years of Collecting, Nearly 12,000 Amazon Tree Species Are Found
New York Times 13 July 2016
After analyzing more than 500,000 digitized samples taken of fruits, flowers and leaves, a team of ecologists has compiled what they call the first list of every known tree type in the Amazon. They published their findings Wednesday in the journal Scientific Reports.
Going Green: The Virtues of City Trees
Santa Barbara Independent, 29 June 2016
Street trees are key to pedestrian comfort and urban livability. In addition to offering shade, they reduce ambient temperatures in hot weather, absorb rainwater and tailpipe emissions, provide ultraviolet protection, and limit the impact of storm winds.
Bacteria in branches naturally fertilize trees
University of Washington 20 May 2016
The bacteria in and on our bodies have been shown to be vital for human health, influencing nutrition, obesity and protection from diseases. But science has only recently delved into the importance of the microbiome of plants. Since plants can’t move, they are especially reliant on partnerships with microbes to help them get nutrients.
Trees seen resting branches while ‘asleep’ for the first time
New Scientist 18 May 2016
They don’t snore, but might creak during their slumbers. For the first time, trees have been shown to undergo physical changes at night that can be likened to sleep, or at least to day-night cycles that have been observed experimentally in smaller plants.
UK wins satellite contract to 'weigh' Earth's forests
BBC 3 May 2016
British industry is to lead the construction of a satellite that will weigh the world's trees.
The Biomass mission's novel space radar will make 3D maps of forests, improving our understanding of how carbon is cycled through the Earth system. Its data will be important for climate research, and will create a baseline for treaties that seek to monitor the status of global forest resources.
Campaign to save ancient trees from 'Macbeth woods'
BBC 27 April 2016
A campaign is being launched to save two ancient trees thought to be from the forest immortalised in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Ash tree set for extinction in Europe
BBC 23 Mar 2016
The ash tree is likely to be wiped out in Europe, according to the largest-ever survey of the species. The trees are being killed off by the fungal disease ash-dieback along with an invasive beetle called the emerald ash borer.
Trees make our lives better in unquantifiable ways
Guardian 24 April 2016
One company is trying to measure exactly how much urban trees are worth. But some things defy calculation.
Tree planting 'can reduce flooding'
BBC 16 Mar 2016
Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20%, new research suggests. A study for the Environment Agency concludes that trees round a feeder stream can slow the rush of rainwater and save properties from flooding.
Africa’s forests 'threatened by palm oil rush'
Guardian 23 Feb 2016
Greenpeace France warns that tropical forests could be lost to a palm oil bonanza that has already razed millions of hectares of south-east Asia
Natural soil treatment 'could help trees resist ash dieback'
Guardian 22 Feb 2016
Trees could be protected from the devastating ash dieback disease with the help of a natural soil treatment, researchers have claimed
Hunt for trees planted in Wales in memory of WW1 fallen
BBC 22 Feb 2016
The search is on to find trees planted in Wales in memory of soldiers who died in the longest single battle of World War One. As the 100 year anniversary of the battle of Verdun is marked, the Woodland Trust is looking for volunteers to trace the oak trees from France.
The trust said it had found some clues as to where the trees may have been planted but needs more help.
WW1 Battle of Verdun oak trees to be grown in Surrey
BBC 21 February 2016
A search is under way to locate oak trees planted in England as memorials to soldiers killed in World War One. The Woodland Trust is looking for trees grown from acorns gathered at the site of the Battle of Verdun, which began 100 years ago. The plan is to grow acorns from those oaks into a second generation of "Verdun oaks" at a planned centenary wood in Surrey.
'Wrong type of trees' in Europe increased global warming
BBC 3 Feb 2016
The assumption that planting new forests helps limit climate change has been challenged by a new study. Researchers found that in Europe, trees grown since 1750 have actually increased global warming. The scientists believe that replacing broadleaved species with conifers is a key reason for the negative climate impact.
Greener cities the key to happier, healthier, stress-free lives
The Age 26 January 2016
People are biologically wired to need to be close to nature, with more green open spaces and roof gardens needed to support their wellbeing, a new study says. A lack of access to greenery could play a role in stress and overall poor health, with experts calling on architects and urban planners to provide more green, open spaces in built-up areas.
Campaigners call for new British charter for trees
Guardian 13 Jan 2016
Conservation groups want a new national charter to save trees and woods from the ‘unprecedented threat’ of development, disease and climate change
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences 29 November 2016
The splendor of trees and shrubs is apparent in the above-ground portions of the plants, but what lies beneath should not be ignored.
‘Unprecedented’: More than 100 million trees dead in California
San Francisco Chronicle 19 November 2016
California’s lingering drought has pushed the number of dead trees across the state past 100 million, an ecological event experts are calling dangerous and unprecedented in underlining the heightened risk of wildfires fueled by bone-dry forests. In its latest aerial survey released Friday, the U.S. Forest Service said 62 million trees have died this year in California, bringing the six-year total to more than 102 million.
Is it the end for the conker?
BBC 18 October 2016
Horse chestnut trees are being attacked by a combination of pests and diseases which could cause the conker to vanish
The importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees
Guardian 12 October 2016
Mature trees clean air, lower stress, boost happiness, reduce flood risk – and even save municipal money. So why are they cut down when cities develop – and how should the UN’s new urban agenda protect them?
Trees are much better at creating clouds and cooling the climate than we thought
Theconversation.com 10 October 2016
The pre-industrial atmosphere contained more particles, and so brighter clouds, than we previously thought. It changes our understanding of what was in the atmosphere before humans began adding pollution – and what it might be like again in the future.
As cities get warmer, their trees lose some of their ability to take carbon out of the atmosphere
LA Times 6 October 2016
New research finds that urban warming reduces growth and photosynthesis in city trees by 12% per year
An American tragedy: why are millions of trees dying across the country?
Guardian 19 September 2016
A quiet crisis playing out in US forests as huge numbers of trees succumb to drought, disease, insects and wildfire – much of it driven by climate change.
Do trees have brains and talk to each other? They are intelligent, express emotions and make friends, claims a new book.
Barking? Judge for yourself
Daily Mail 16 September 2016
There's increasing evidence to show that trees are able to communicate with each other. More than that, trees can learn. If that's true — and my experience as a forester convinces me it is — then they must be able to store and transmit information.
The man who thinks trees talk to each other
Guardian 12 September 2016
Beech trees are bullies and willows are loners, says forester Peter Wohlleben, author of a new book claiming that trees have personalities and communicate via a below-ground ‘woodwide web’
Do trees have feelings too? One expert says they do
Telegraph 11 September 2016
Young beech trees are kept in check by their 'mothers'
How millions of trees brought a broken landscape back to life
Guardian 7 Aug 2016
After 25 years, the decision to site the National Forest amid derelict coal and quarry workings has borne spectacular fruit
Forestry for a Low-carbon Future: Integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies
UN Report 20 July 2016
The report highlights a “virtuous cycle” that exploits the life-cycle of wood products to boost the ability of forests to remove and store carbon from the atmosphere. Trees lock carbon in their leaves, branches and soils, while deforestation and forest degradation account for up to 12 per cent of worldwide gas emissions.
Want to know if a tree is thirsty? Listen. It'll tell you.
The Weather Network 20 July 2016
As recent weather patterns have shown, humans and animals aren't the only ones that get scorched by the sun. The earth itself is also under heat distress when a drought hits. But while a field of grass displays more obvious signs of damage, the same couldn't be said for trees.
Group clones California's huge trees to fight climate change
US News 20 July 2016
A team of arborists is cloning some of the world's tallest and oldest trees to combat climate change
Trees Can Limit Climate Change—Unless It Kills Them First
20 July 2016 Bloomberg
Here’s how forests could turn into a source of the very carbon we’re counting on them to absorb.
Trees, forests and land use in drylands: The first global assessment
UN Report 19 July 2016
The FAO report details the number of trees, forests and how the land is used in the world’s drylands, and the findings could be used to track progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and help fight climate change.
After 300 Years of Collecting, Nearly 12,000 Amazon Tree Species Are Found
New York Times 13 July 2016
After analyzing more than 500,000 digitized samples taken of fruits, flowers and leaves, a team of ecologists has compiled what they call the first list of every known tree type in the Amazon. They published their findings Wednesday in the journal Scientific Reports.
Going Green: The Virtues of City Trees
Santa Barbara Independent, 29 June 2016
Street trees are key to pedestrian comfort and urban livability. In addition to offering shade, they reduce ambient temperatures in hot weather, absorb rainwater and tailpipe emissions, provide ultraviolet protection, and limit the impact of storm winds.
Bacteria in branches naturally fertilize trees
University of Washington 20 May 2016
The bacteria in and on our bodies have been shown to be vital for human health, influencing nutrition, obesity and protection from diseases. But science has only recently delved into the importance of the microbiome of plants. Since plants can’t move, they are especially reliant on partnerships with microbes to help them get nutrients.
Trees seen resting branches while ‘asleep’ for the first time
New Scientist 18 May 2016
They don’t snore, but might creak during their slumbers. For the first time, trees have been shown to undergo physical changes at night that can be likened to sleep, or at least to day-night cycles that have been observed experimentally in smaller plants.
UK wins satellite contract to 'weigh' Earth's forests
BBC 3 May 2016
British industry is to lead the construction of a satellite that will weigh the world's trees.
The Biomass mission's novel space radar will make 3D maps of forests, improving our understanding of how carbon is cycled through the Earth system. Its data will be important for climate research, and will create a baseline for treaties that seek to monitor the status of global forest resources.
Campaign to save ancient trees from 'Macbeth woods'
BBC 27 April 2016
A campaign is being launched to save two ancient trees thought to be from the forest immortalised in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Ash tree set for extinction in Europe
BBC 23 Mar 2016
The ash tree is likely to be wiped out in Europe, according to the largest-ever survey of the species. The trees are being killed off by the fungal disease ash-dieback along with an invasive beetle called the emerald ash borer.
Trees make our lives better in unquantifiable ways
Guardian 24 April 2016
One company is trying to measure exactly how much urban trees are worth. But some things defy calculation.
Tree planting 'can reduce flooding'
BBC 16 Mar 2016
Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20%, new research suggests. A study for the Environment Agency concludes that trees round a feeder stream can slow the rush of rainwater and save properties from flooding.
Africa’s forests 'threatened by palm oil rush'
Guardian 23 Feb 2016
Greenpeace France warns that tropical forests could be lost to a palm oil bonanza that has already razed millions of hectares of south-east Asia
Natural soil treatment 'could help trees resist ash dieback'
Guardian 22 Feb 2016
Trees could be protected from the devastating ash dieback disease with the help of a natural soil treatment, researchers have claimed
Hunt for trees planted in Wales in memory of WW1 fallen
BBC 22 Feb 2016
The search is on to find trees planted in Wales in memory of soldiers who died in the longest single battle of World War One. As the 100 year anniversary of the battle of Verdun is marked, the Woodland Trust is looking for volunteers to trace the oak trees from France.
The trust said it had found some clues as to where the trees may have been planted but needs more help.
WW1 Battle of Verdun oak trees to be grown in Surrey
BBC 21 February 2016
A search is under way to locate oak trees planted in England as memorials to soldiers killed in World War One. The Woodland Trust is looking for trees grown from acorns gathered at the site of the Battle of Verdun, which began 100 years ago. The plan is to grow acorns from those oaks into a second generation of "Verdun oaks" at a planned centenary wood in Surrey.
'Wrong type of trees' in Europe increased global warming
BBC 3 Feb 2016
The assumption that planting new forests helps limit climate change has been challenged by a new study. Researchers found that in Europe, trees grown since 1750 have actually increased global warming. The scientists believe that replacing broadleaved species with conifers is a key reason for the negative climate impact.
Greener cities the key to happier, healthier, stress-free lives
The Age 26 January 2016
People are biologically wired to need to be close to nature, with more green open spaces and roof gardens needed to support their wellbeing, a new study says. A lack of access to greenery could play a role in stress and overall poor health, with experts calling on architects and urban planners to provide more green, open spaces in built-up areas.
Campaigners call for new British charter for trees
Guardian 13 Jan 2016
Conservation groups want a new national charter to save trees and woods from the ‘unprecedented threat’ of development, disease and climate change