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Examples of foraging sign left by Andean bears on terrestrial bromeliads in Peru.
Science

Protecting Andean Bears and their habitats

PLOS

Bears forage for young bromeliad plants in Peru’s puna grasslands, but prefer to avoid cattle.

Oil spill still contaminating sensitive Mauritius mangroves three years on.
Technology

Oil spills still contaminating Mauritius mangrove ecosystem nearly three years on

Ashwini Sakharkar

Oil is still present in an environmentally sensitive mangrove forest.

middle of the green leafed trees
Plants

How do trees behave across various forest settings and weather events?

Pranjal Malewar

Facing the wind!

Composite skeleton of fallow deer.
Science

Exploring Southern Europe’s climate history through fossils

PLOS

Fossils found the oldest known evidence of the straight-tusked elephant and the red deer in Europe.

Aerial image of farmland for dairy cattle next to a surviving forest patch.
Science

Ecuadorean cloud forest’s recent mass extinction found to be a mirage

Ashwini Sakharkar

Many of Centinela's plants are still on the brink of extinction.

LiDAR remote sensing has emerged as a powerful tool for capturing detailed terrain features and three-dimensional vegetation structures. In this figure, we focus on the Mississippi Delta region in the United States, where a 1-meter resolution vegetation canopy height model was derived from airborne LiDAR data.
Environment

Spaceborne satellites can help with more accurate forest monitoring

Ashwini Sakharkar

Information like forest canopy height can be helpful in assessing the health of a forest.

Close-up of termites on tree trunk
Environment

An effective way to eliminate termites

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Impact of wealth and surfaces on insects in community garden.

Calamophyton forest
Science

The oldest fossilized forest found along the Devon and Somerset coast

Pranjal Malewar

Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils.

new millipede species
Science

A new genus and five new species of ‘alien-faced’ multi-legged forest dwellers discovered

Pranjal Malewar

These new species did not appear in earlier collecting of millipedes from the same area.

fractal forest
Plants

Simple mathematical rules can’t explain the complexity of forests

Amit Malewar

The way trees grow together do not resemble how branches grow on a single tree.

coastal area on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington
Science

Pacific kelp forests have a much older origin than previously believed

Pranjal Malewar

The unique underwater kelp forests support a varied ecosystem.

Preventing the destruction of Eucalyptus forest plantations
Plants

Pathogenic fungi infecting the Eucalyptus snout beetle in Eucalyptus forest

Pranjal Malewar

Way to develop a bio-pesticide for controlling the beetle.

Image showing Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Environment

How capturing carbon in savannas can reduce global warming?

Vidya Nagalwade

Grasses play an important role in capturing carbon in tropical savannas.

Image showing tropical forest
Environment

Balancing Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Food: A Trifecta

Vidya Nagalwade

Scientists identify ways landowners in rural Brazil can find win-win situations, with biodiversity and farming.

purple-blooming Dipteryx oleifera
Plants

Tropical trees rely on social distancing to preserve biodiversity

Pranjal Malewar

A key characteristic of the spatial distribution of adult trees.

Image showing monkeys.
Health

Monkeys and pigs overrun Southeast Asia, posing health risks

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Overpopulation of wild animals poses a dual threat to humans and the environment.

palm tree
Plants

Rare palm species discovered that they flower underground

Editorial Team

Palm family (Arecaceae) to flower and fruit almost entirely underground.

Image showing modest moss.
Science

Modest moss can store billions of tons of carbon

Vidya Nagalwade

Plant life absorbs & transforms greenhouse gases to combat climate change..

Forest thinning treatments can generate massive piles of wood residues that are often burnt or left to decay, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. (UC Berkeley photo by Bodie Cabiyo)
Environment

Carbon beneficial forest management using innovative wood

Amit Malewar

Innovative wood use can enable carbon-beneficial forest management in California

The map of undiscovered life
Environment

The map of undiscovered life

Ashwini Sakharkar

Yale scientists have launched an even more ambitious and perhaps important project.

Climate change is altering forest structure, making forests less of a carbon sink
Environment

Climate change is altering forest structure, making forests less of a carbon sink

Pranjal Malewar

There are general observations of increasing tree mortality due to changing climate and land use, as well as observations of growth stimulation of younger...

Antarctica had rainforests 90 millions years ago
Science

Antarctica had rainforests 90 million years ago

Amit Malewar

Antarctica, which is entirely covered by ice sheets, was home to rainforests, almost 90 million years ago, suggests a new study by the team...

Deforestation is changing the way monkeys communicate
Science

Deforestation is changing the way monkeys communicate

Pranjal Malewar

New evidence on the impact of deforestation on animal communication.

'Archaeopteris' root system at the Cairo fossil forest site at first discovery. Image Credit: Charles Ver Straeten.
Science

Scientists discovered the world’s oldest forest

Amit Malewar

Modern trees emerged earlier than previously believed, new research reveals.

Logging in the rainforest of Kalimantan Credit: Greenpeace / Kate Davison
Environment

Degraded soils mean tropical forests may never fully recover from logging

Pranjal Malewar

Continually logging and re-growing tropical forests to supply timber is reducing the levels of vital nutrients in the soil, which may limit future forest...

A leaf and flower of tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), the tallest documented tree in the eastern US. Fast-growing and productive, this species is important for both forest products and the carbon cycle. Photos: Neil Pederson
Environment

New tree rings analysis method may open insights to past climate

Pranjal Malewar

Accounting for both climate change and natural disturbances—which typically result in greenhouse gas emissions—is necessary to begin managing forest carbon sequestration. Gaining a complete...

In the photo: Heli Peltola.
Environment

Sustainable use of forests mitigates climate change in many ways, study

Pranjal Malewar

Economical utilization of woodlands and biodiversity protection have a long-haul and far-reaching outcome for the fate of our planet. What is the ideal measure...

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