Nikola AlexandreOne of the most exciting assisted natural regeneration strategies is called applied nucleation, also known as "tr…
CSTPR’s MeCCO work for Lancet Report (#12 most featured in the media) highlighted in Carbon…
A slightly different version of this article I wrote first appeared in Nautilus on November 28, 2019. Water rushes into Venice’s…
2019 saw a significant shift in media reporting and dialogue around climate change and biodiversity loss. Several comprehensive…
Not surprisingly, recent climate reasearch is downbeat.
The last six years have been the six hottest globally ever recorded by humans. 2014 had been the hottest year up to that point…
In 2019, record-high global temperatures and climate change took central stage in global news headlines, culminating with a…
In this blog post, you can find out more about the science stories that hit the headlines in 2019. In the accompanying podcast…
Agriculture’s global footprint is decreasing — more land globally is now being abandoned by farming than converted to it. This…
David Wuepper, Pasquale Borrelli, Robert…
Los árboles tienen poderes extraordinarios. Proporcionan sombra, enfrían el clima local, capturan dióxido de carbono del aire…
Last night, Elon Musk bought a million trees for a cool $1 million, and it wasn't some mad luxury purchase you might expect. If…
Iowa Climate Science…
POR JOSÉ TADEU ARANTES/AGÊNCIA FAPESP – A revista Science publicou recentemente o artigo The global tree restoration potential.
An international group of ecologists contests an article published in Science, which among other cardinal errors proposed ‘refore…
An international group of ecologists contests an article published in Science, which among other cardinal errors proposed ‘refore…
Nature…
One of the reforestation papers we blogged about a few months back is coming in for some criticism. In the original study…
Looking for the most talked-about sustainability science papers from the last three months? Look no further, Future Earth has…
Israel’s Yatir Forest has been hailed as a green refuge in the Negev that is helping fight climate change. But some Israeli…
Jessica Corbett, staff writerYouth climate leader Greta Thunberg and writer and environmentalist George Monbiot explain in a…
A live appeal on Danish TV has driven an outpouring of support for the expansion of the country’s woodland.
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your…
Having a son turned me into a pacifist not because I was an idealist, but because motherhood made me a realist. Why are we…
In another of our monthly blog post written by Science Wordsmith Lucy Goodchild, we explore the findings and attention around a…
We need to focus on responses to climate change that both reduce emissions and help people cope with an altered…
Without the Amazon, the planet is doomed https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/bolsonaros-wish-to-chop-away…
Two coasts are tackling land conversions to solar by drawing on local knowledge
This Month in Climate Science, July 2019: Raccoon Explosions, Climate-friendly Elephants and More 100-Degree Days Comments|Add…
Food is simply carbohydrates, protein and fats. To feed more people with fewer resources, we may need to make food without…
Climate: Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your…
The Other Brazilian Rainforest: Why Restoring the Atlantic Forest Can Help Tackle Climate Change Comments|Add Comment|PrintChrist…
The vital contribution of forests in protecting biodiversity, regulating the climate, and enhancing human well-being is being…
Written by César Palacios-González The other day I went down an internet rabbit hole when researching about planting trees and…
In the current discourse on climate change, trees and forests are often positioned as viable mitigation measures. Big numbers…
Editor’s note: From “climate adaptation” to “blue carbon,” from “landscape approach" to “ecosystem services,” environmental…
The role that trees can play in solving the climate crisis is receiving growing attention. This will be highlighted as the…
In October 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its report on the feasibility of us keeping under…
The government claims that volunteers at 1,000 sites participated in the coordinated reforestation efforts
We aren’t going to get anywhere near a trillion trees planted in enough time and they wouldn't be enough. We need to plant…
Ethiopia has just planted 353 million trees in 12 hours. It is part of the national “green legacy” initiative to encourage all…
A Paradigm Shift in the Governance of Sustainable Development: Citizens’ Empowerment ; L’adaptation au changement climatique…
A Trillion Trees? Let’s Talk About It… A recently released study in the journal Science advocates for reforestation as the most…
Die zur Zeit heißlaufende Klimadiskussion in Presse und Politik liefert exzellentes Anschauungsmaterial für verschiedene, in…
Vers un renforcement des objectifs climatiques de l'UE ; Un maigre bilan au « ministère de l’impossible » ; En plein été, le…
In recent weeks, a new study by researchers at ETH Zurich has hit the headlines worldwide (Bastin et al. 2019). It is about…
Swiss scientists have identified an area roughly the size of the United States that could be newly shaded by planting more trees.
Trees are a low-tech, high-efficiency way to offset much of humankind’s negative impact on the climate. What’s even better, we…
Die letzten Wochen hat eine neue Studie von Forschern der ETH Zürich für weltweite Schlagzeilen gesorgt (Bastin et al. 2018).
The right trees planted in the right place could have a major impact on climate change. The study identifies .09 billion…
Planting trees, while beneficial to the planet, is not an easy solution to climate change. (Credit: Janelle Lugge/Shutterstock…
There’s been a spate of papers on reforestation just lately and I was despairing of being able to keep track of them, let alone…
Last week, a new study in the journal Science highlighted the role forests could play in tackling climate change. Researchers…
Earlier this month, a study appeared in Science that found that a global reforestation effort could capture 205 gigatons of CO2…
New research suggests that reforesting the planet offers us the greatest current opportunity to mitigate climate change by…
Large-scale re-forestation can be a very effective means to decarbonize the future. The post Can Nature Save Humanity? appeared…
When the governments in the advanced nations abandoned full employment as an overarching macroeconomic objective, and instead…
Advocates for reforestation must consider who owns the land to be reforested, and how the reforestation is to be done.
Robin ChazdonThe green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and…
If CO2 were a climate problem, it would cost just some $300 billion to fix…
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Researchers based at ETH Zurich is Switzerland say that planting up to a trillion trees is the most efficient and cost…
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When it…
Jessica Corbett, staff writerAmid record-setting temperatures worldwide and predictions by experts that this year will be among…
Vedci zrátali, ako masívne zalesňovanie môže znížiť oxid uhličitý vo vzduchu. "Znie to príliš dobré, aby to bola pravda," hovorí…
Today, The Guardian reports: Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate…
Scientists now know where to start restoring the forests to soak up carbon and cool the planet, by planting more trees on…
The world is getting warmer. Whether the cause is a human activity or natural variability—and the preponderance of evidence…
Trees are an unquestionably important part of our environment, and their ability to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen means…
(Credit: Jay Mantri/Shutterstock) Climate change is devastating coral reefs, raising sea levels and displacing people across…
The Earth could support enough additional trees to eliminate about two-thirds of the carbon that's in the atmosphere today as a…
When it comes to climate change research, most studies bear bad news regarding the looming, very real threat of a warming…
Trees are good for all sorts of things, like providing shade for picnics and habitat for animals. But they’re also a huge part…
Two papers published this week in major journals claim to do the same thing: show where forests should be restored. But they…