Insect diversity boosted by combination of crop diversity and semi-natural habitats
To enhance the number of beneficial insect species in agricultural land, preserving semi-natural habitats and promoting crop diversity are both…
Forestry
Forestry is the science and art of managing, conserving, and utilizing forests and their resources to meet the needs of society while ensuring environmental sustainability. Forests cover about 31% of the Earth’s land area and play a critical role in maintaining ecological balance, supporting biodiversity, and combating climate change.
Study links protecting Indigenous peoples’ lands to greater nonhuman primate biodiversity
By comparing geographic patterns of nonhuman primate biodiversity and human land-use, researchers discovered that areas managed or controlled by Indigenous…
The Dark Side of Global Tree Planting Campaigns & Afforestation
A single eucalyptus seedling looks harmless enough. Multiply that seedling by millions, plant them across a grassland that has existed…
The Ancient Origins of Borneo’s Rainforest
The first leaf fossil study of Borneo’s rainforest, led by Penn State University in partnership with Universiti Brunei Darussalam and…
How Cyclones Increase Forest Fire Risk
The connection between cyclones and wildfire is one of the most consequential yet underexplored relationships in modern disaster ecology. Land…
How the New AI System Predicts and Prevents Wildfires
Every year, wildfire scientists and emergency managers face the same impossible equation: fire moves faster than decisions. A single ignition…
Permafrost Peatlands Approaching Tipping Point
Permafrost peatlands are among the most important yet vulnerable ecosystems on Earth. Found across Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, these frozen…
Tree Rings Offer Insight Into Devastating Radiation Storms
A pine tree buried in the riverbeds of the French Alps for over 14,000 years recently told scientists something extraordinary….
Animals Are Key to Restoring the World’s Forests
The scale of forest loss is not abstract. Between 2015 and 2020, the world lost approximately 10 million hectares of…
Ancient Beetle in Coconut Reveals Early Rainforest Ecology
Sixty million years ago, a tiny beetle bored through the hard outer shell of a coconut-like fruit somewhere in what…