Ecologists are concerned that forest ecosystems will not keep pace with a rapidly changing climate, failing to remain healthy ...

New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...

He treads steadily along the track, snow crunching underfoot. The low winter Sun casts long shadows, and a few birds, braving the cold, sing to each other across the forest.

Damp snow will cling to every branch and twig, and the cumulative effect can lead to cracked and broken limbs. If it's possible to reach high in the tree with a long pole – such as a broom ...

The forest began to struggle about 5,500 years ago due to drops in summer temperatures. This transformed what was a high mountain tree-filled landscape into the alpine tundra there today.

A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains has revealed the remains of up to 5,900-year-old trees that could offer insights into past climate conditions, according to new research. Scientists ...

But one of the most magical spring events on our farm is still a few weeks away, and I don’t need a Farmer’s Almanac to predict it. Around the end of May and in early June, it’s going to snow!

A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and celebrate Earth Day 00:55. Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit's eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks ...