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With images of spray-on snow and tacky plastic needles dancing in their heads — especially after the craze for renditions in red — many holiday purists dismiss fake Christmas trees. Complete Story...
A New Mexico State University researcher is using tree planting to help arid, impoverished regions in the Four Corners region and Africa.
The ginkgo tree is renowned for its hardiness, surviving everything from road salt to an atomic bomb, but it may be undone by another trait — it reeks.
Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday there are fewer large-diameter trees growing in Yosemite National Park than in years past, most likely because of climate change.
Galveston officials are investigating the torching of 30 palm trees in the last two months.
Walt Disney Studios is turning box-office cash from its nature documentary "Earth" into seed money to plant trees in the rain forest.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday rolled up his sleeves and got his shoes muddy as he, Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton planted trees at a national park site along the Anacostia River in northeast Washington.
The Texas Forest Service says the lack of new leaves on many trees in Hurricane Ike-damaged Galveston is a bad sign.
As my offspring stumbles and waddles his way from infancy to full-blown, upwardly mobile toddlerhood, I’m discovering that it’s never too early to steer him toward healthy, eco-conscious choices. Though I don’t doubt that W. is smart and capable, it’s clear that he’s not going to magically morph into a responsible citizen without some coaching and encouragement.
The first detailed statewide tree count in Texas history is headed toward this conclusion: Texas is No. 2.
The mortality rate of old-growth forests across the West has more than doubled in recent decades, and those forests are now losing more trees than they gain, according to a new study that identified the most probable cause as warming temperatures.
Christmas is over, but for Christmas tree farmers the work is just beginning so next year's boughs can be even brighter.
On Nov. 30, Jason Baer sent out a tweet, or message, on the social networking site Twitter announcing a milestone in his life:
What's Christmas without a tree? Each holiday season, shoppers find themselves confronted with a choice: Celebrate with a fresh, natural tree, or an artificial tree made of plastic or aluminum? Landscape designer Ahmed Hassan, host of DIY's “Yard Crashers,” offers a rundown of natural, artificial and even funky tree options.
The percentage of trees bought from chain stores has been steadily growing over the past four years, according to the National Christmas Tree Association.
A family fractured by the Iraq war is at the center of "The Language of Trees," the impressive second offering of Roundabout Underground, a new-play initiative that brings the work of fledgling writers to the stage.
Hurricanes that whip the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Southern states take a human toll, but they also claim another victim on an enormous scale — the majestic trees, many draped in Spanish moss, that form canopies over historic streets across the region.
It's another case of big-city crime — and this time the victims are trees.
Carol Byram sees paradise every time she gazes at the dogwood, hackberry and cherry laurel trees in the backyard of her New Orleans home. The federal government sees the seeds of another disaster for a city still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
At one point this year, Patricia Vincent faced up to 20 years in prison for hiring a company to chop down trees on national forest land next to her home to improve her view of Lake Tahoe. Instead, she ended up serving about 4 minutes of probation.
Chain saws scream in a northern Michigan forest, but it's not the familiar sound of lumberjacks.
Vacationers will have fewer places to pitch their tents this summer in Colorado and Wyoming, and they can place the blame on bugs.
Officials are baffled over why someone would cut off the tops of nearly a dozen evergreen trees belonging to a man near Bismarck. Ron Koch estimates his loss at about $4,000. Authorities said it happened sometime within the last week.
Nearly 80,000 trees in New Jersey and New York are being treated to protect them from a deadly beetle infestation. The Asian longhorned beetle has destroyed more than 30,000 trees since it arrived in the country about a decade ago.
Dire future for our urban forestHow will our urban forests fare in the wake of global warming? This article outlines why watering trees is so important and possible solutions to impending droughts. The loss of Edmonton trees has been linked to a combination of drought and insect attacks.
Metro - First of 150 saplings from the Anne Frank tree planted in AmsterdamAnne Frank's favourite tree lives on as 150 cloned saplings are planted in Amsterdam. Talk about a community connected to their trees!
BBC News - Middle East conflict played out in the olive grovesBy Bethany Bell BBC News, West Bank Akram Imran says the Jewish settlers came at night. "I came to work in the early morning. It was a horrible sight, a massacre of trees," he said. "Some of them are at least 70 years old."
The first [planned] Palestinian city"For many Palestinians, the norm is tight-quartered living with barely a garden in sight, no defined sidewalks and a poor water system. But this is about to change with an ambitious plan for a new way of living.
Dresden residents complain about city's stinkiest street Residents of a lovely tree-lined street in Dresden are suffering through pungent problem this autumn. The prized Gingko biloba trees are shedding mounds of seeds that give off an unbearably foul faecal scent, they say.
Who's in charge of your Christmas tree? Through the years, I've now had 37 Christmases, and most of them had a Christmas tree. Not all of them had something under them, but nearly every year there has been one in the home I slept in.
Metro - Canadian tree saplings go aloft with shuttle Atlantis to space stationCanadian Trees go zero G - NASA sends of Canadian Trees to test the formation of wood without gravity.
Man put indecent images on trees A convicted sex offender who stuck indecent photographs of children on trees has been jailed for two years and four months. Hugh Hay, 54, from Rutherglen, pinned images of young girls in dense woodland on Cathkin Braes, near Glasgow.
Weekly column introduces you to a Different neighbouring treeMontreal Gazette Introduces a new weekly Column, garnering support for the urban forests in North America. This will engage the public and help to educate in an interesting and novel way.
Highway-side tree removal deferredA proposal to remove of trees on district land along Highway 99 to heighten visibility of a new commercial development has prompted a community backlash, and a division among council members torn between moving the project forward and hearing from local stakeholders. District of …
So November is well and truly here. Late fall in southern Ohio sees the trees go bare pretty quickly, but this year conditions were nearly perfect for some stunning fall color. It seemed like it came and went so fast that if you blinked, you missed it.
LEAF's Backyard Tree Planting Program Is Growing Roots at Mybackyardtree.CaThe expansion of the Backyard Tree Planting Program spells a positive direction in building the Urban Forest and ultimately combating climate change. Invest in trees and reap the benefits of everything from lower hydro bills to cleaner air.
Deforestation the Death of Nazca CivilizationThe mystery of the disappearance of the vanished Nazca people, the same ones who are known for the many fanciful designs etched into the desert plateau, may have been solved. Scientists found pollen from a vanished nitrogen-fixing tree, the huarango.
I thought I had captured all of the autumn beauty that was left around our property (See 2009-Part 1) but Sunday was such a lovely day here in Nebraska that I spent a bit of time outside with my furry kids and captured more. So, I thought I'd share these images with you too.
I'm pretty sure that the trees are going to lose their leaves really soon around here. We've already had a couple of hard freezes and most of the trees around here have already shed.
Last Friday evening I was outside in the back yard and I had my camera. I began taking pictures of the trees and all of the pretty fall colors. There were beautiful shades of orange, red, yellow, green and so many more. It was beautiful.
"Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt." — William Allingham (Autumnal Sonnet)
The immediate future is orange: Stunning pictures that herald the arrival oSome times, its just healthy to sit back for a few quiet moments and enjoy beautiful photos of nature from around the world and be thankful that we are able to see such beauty as beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Use of Forests as Carbon Offsets Fails to Impress In First Big TrialMore than a decade ago in the northeast corner of Bolivia, a group of polluters and environmentalists joined forces in the first large-scale experiment to curb climate change with a strategy that promised to suit their competing interests: compensating for greenhouse gas emission …
Aspen Trees Die Across the West "... a mysterious ailment -- or perhaps a combination of factors -- is killing hundreds of thousands of acres of the trees from Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona through Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and into Canada, according to the U.S. government and independent scientists.
Autumn scenes - The Big PictureIt's that time of year again, the Earth's northern hemisphere is tipping away from the warmth of the Sun. Days in the north are getting cooler and shorter, leaves are changing, animals migrating and many harvests are underway.
Fall foliage Tips in MissouriDriving tours in the Missouri Ozarks are filled with the color variations of 140 different species of trees. The fall color season stretches out for weeks because of that timber variety.
Nothing is as peaceful to me as being surrounded by trees, rocking on a hammock with a good book on my side.Sound of nature to me is sound of music. I thank my father for setting the example. He started a tradition within our family, that spread the joy of nature around us.
Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet PaperIt is a fight over toilet paper: the kind that is blanket-fluffy and getting fluffier so fast that manufacturers are running out of synonyms for "soft" (Quilted Northern Ultra Plush is the first big brand to go three-ply and three-adjective).
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