The city prioritizes equity and inclusion as it incorporates tree coverage into climate resiliency efforts.
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Plant-Nibbling Insects May Make It Cloudier and Cooler
Insects that eat plant leaves could change the local atmosphere, but current climate models do not account for this impact.
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A Burning Issue
California has lost 7% of its forest cover to climate change over the past 25 years.
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Scientists Bring Forests into the Internet of Things
Armed with $10.5 million in funding, researchers will deploy novel sensors for real-time data assimilation and modeling of how changes in climate are affecting woodlands.
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How Forest Structure Drives Productivity
Data from northern Wisconsin forest sites uncovered that vertical heterogeneity metrics are the most influential factors underlying rates of photosynthesis.
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Tree Mortality Risk Surges in Australian Rain Forests
Researchers link vulnerability to “atmospheric drought” associated with climate change.
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Large-Scale Reforestation Efforts Could Dry Out Landscapes Across the World
The complex interactions between forests and the water cycle might end up with more rain falling in the ocean—far from a thirsty land.
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Los beneficios climáticos de los bosques van mucho más allá del secuestro de carbono
Los bosques son “esencialmente sistemas de aire acondicionado” gracias a procesos biofísicos como la evapotranspiración y la rugosidad del dosel forestal.
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Mediciones pareadas de gases: ¿un nuevo trazador biogeoquímico?
Una técnica que mide la relación entre el dióxido de carbono producido y el oxígeno consumido podría mejorar las predicciones de la respuesta del suelo al cambio climático.
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Wildfire, Drought, and Insects Threaten Forests in the United States
Western forest managers face a catch-22: They can keep carbon sequestered in trees by reducing controlled burns, but that creates denser forests at greater risk of going up in uncontrolled flames.