The Solution to Sweltering City Summers
Apr 17, 2019 Urban planners need to add more green space and tree-lined avenues to the mix to combat global warming in our concrete jungles.
Mixed Forests May Not Resist Climate Change
Dec 4, 2017 Variety is not just life’s spice but its support system. However, it may not be so simple for mixed forests, researchers say.
Urban Trees Thrive as Cities Warm, Study Shows
Nov 23, 2017 Researchers find that trees are undergoing a longer growing season as a consequence of climate change.
City Trees Boost Health and Wealth
Aug 30, 2017 Urban canopy delivers significant economic and lifestyle benefits and is a boon to the global environment too, scientists find.
Humans Cannot Simply Plant Their Way Out of Climate Change
May 29, 2017 Nothing, not even the creation of huge plantations of trees to absorb carbon dioxide, is a viable alternative to drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
‘Street Value’ of California Trees Is $1 Billion
Jun 25, 2016 Researchers calculate the huge environmental and economic benefits to taxpayers of the trees that line many streets in California’s cities and suburbs.
Droughts Are Giving Trees ‘Heart Attacks’
Apr 29, 2016 Research identifying survival traits in different tree species could prove vital in helping reduce the massive losses caused by heat extremes as the world warms.
How Do Israeli Assaults on Palestinians Differ From the Way Gentiles Once Attacked Jews in Europe?
Jul 9, 2014 Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy argues that recent events have shown that the Jewish state has pity for only the Jews; scientists have found a possible explanation for conservative outrage over women having sex lives; meanwhile, an Ebola outbreak spread in large part due to deforestation. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Carbon Dioxide Levels
May 26, 2013
Brazil’s Bizarro Sarah Palin
Aug 19, 2009 Brazil's Bizarro Sarah Palin, former Environment Minister Marina Silva, has just resigned from the ruling Worker's Party in protest of the party's neglect of environmental concerns. The move by Silva, a popular rain forest activist who had been a 30-year party member, is also believed to be an attempt to ramp up support for a run at the presidency next year.
