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People walk around the urban park near the Osman Sagar reservoir in Hyderabad, India.
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Weighing the Benefits of Urban Greening

Rishika Pardikar, Science Writer by Rishika Pardikar 2 March 202217 April 2024

City communities may need to consider whether water absorption or cooling benefits are more important when designing urban greening.

Diagram showing how thousands of years of evolution links three characteristics: the maximum lengths of tree roots, how close these roots are to a groundwater source, and whether or not trees use groundwater.
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Evolution is More Important than Environment for Water Uptake

by Valeriy Ivanov 8 February 20223 May 2022

Despite conventional assumptions, a new study shows that evolutionary proximity of species defines root water uptake strategies, not their position in landscape or ambient environment.

Five people planting young trees in Houston field
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Native Super Trees Could Provide Climate Solutions to Houston

by Graycen Wheeler 15 December 20211 June 2023

A Houston nonprofit identified 14 native “super tree” species that are particularly promising for mitigating climate change and public health concerns.

Smog hangs over Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Tracking Pollution in the Breeze, with Trees

by Nathaniel Scharping 15 December 202127 March 2023

New research outlines how pine needles offer a simple, low-cost means of assessing particulate matter pollution.

Trees with a view of Italy’s Mount Etna behind.
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Supergreen Trees Can Signal Sites of Eruptions

by J. Besl 8 November 202126 April 2022

Tree core chemistry can explain what happened before Mount Etna’s 2002 eruption and suggests that trees could play a role in rebuilding past eruptions.

View of the Brahmaputra River with the sun low on the horizon
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Tree Rings Reveal a 700-Year Record of Flooding in Bangladesh

by Mukund Palat Rao and Benjamin I. Cook 15 October 202115 October 2021

Trees tell of a wetter past along the Brahmaputra River and, combined with climate modeling, suggest heightened future flood risks in one of the world’s most densely populated areas.

Patch of forest close to the Tambopata River, Peru
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Forest Recovery in the Amazon Is a Slow Process

by Meghie Rodrigues 14 September 202129 April 2022

For the first time, a study analyzes Amazon forest loss and recovery at national and subnational levels. One finding shows that new plantings offset less than 10% of emissions associated with deforestation.

Facade of 1000 Trees building facing the river
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Sowing 1,000 Trees into Shanghai’s Urban Fabric

by Jackie Rocheleau 8 July 202114 April 2022

A new development blends riverside nature with commercial construction.

A person’s gloved hand holds part of an ice core in which air bubbles can be seen, with the Antarctic landscape in the background. The ice in the core is up to 24,000 years old.
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Cutting to the Core

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 24 June 202114 April 2022

In our July issue, Eos looks at the collection, study, and storage of cores—from sediment drilled up from the age of the dinosaurs to tree rings as big as a house.

una ilustración de árboles más altos que la ciudad
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Aumento de la equidad en los espacios verdes de la ciudad

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 June 20212 May 2023

No todos los residentes citadinos tienen el mismo acceso a los beneficios que brindan los espacios verdes. Para abordar esa inequidad se requiere la participación de la comunidad en cada etapa, desde la planificación hasta el desarrollo y la gestión.

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