In elementary school, most of us learned the basic differences between deciduous and coniferous trees. Deciduous trees have leaves that change color and drop in the fall, and coniferous trees have ...

Global warming is accompanied by increasing water stress across much of our planet. We studied soil biological processes and changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in 30 Hungarian oak forest ...

Western larches are stately trees, soaring 90 to nearly 200 feet tall, with branches that spill out in a neat cascade from a narrow crown. While the majority of conifers are evergreen — retaining ...

Forest cover and natural vegetation help mitigate several environmental challenges, like global warming, heat waves, air and water pollution, floods, soil erosion and desertification. But how are ...

On a brisk September morning, Brian Palik’s footfalls land quietly on a path in flickering light, beneath a red pine canopy in Minnesota’s iconic Northwoods. A mature red pine, also called Norway pine ...

We gardeners have plenty of evergreen options to help with our azalea and rhododendron addictions, but a deciduous azalea specimen offers a different look with brighter, more colorful flower options, ...

Did you know that forests cover almost one-third of all land on Earth? These large green areas are the lungs of our planet, but they aren't identical. From the chilly, needle-leaf Boreal forests in ...

Mature forests have a key role to play in the fight against climate change -- extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and locking it into new wood. Mature forests have a key role to play ...