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Reforestation refers to the act of repopulating a recently-cleared forested area (either naturally or through human activity). Reforestation can reverse the effects of deforestation, including climate change, drought, and restoring destroyed habitats.
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JUL 31, 2025Earth & The Environment
How does biodiversity loss impact tropical forests’ carbon absorption? This is what a recent study published in th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can microbes in the Amazon help mitigate the global effects of climate change? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 12, 2024Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
In the ongoing fight against climate change, is it better to plant trees or allow nature to do it for us? This is what a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 15, 2024Earth & The Environment
New research has shown that giant sequoia trees that were imported and planted in the United Kingdom, some of which have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study by researchers at Virginia Tech looked at the giant salamanders known as “hellbenders.” Scien ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandJAN 18, 2023Plants & Animals
Fire is everywhere, from stoves and heaters to grills, fun-smelling candles, fireplaces, and portable pocket lighters. H ...Written By: Mandy WoodsJUN 16, 2022Earth & The Environment
We often associate deforestation with paper production, as someone might ask, “How many trees did you cut down to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 28, 2021Earth & The Environment
With recent news of the world's coral supply standing at just 50% of what it was in the 1950s, any strategies for protec ...Written By: Matthew LundyAPR 30, 2021Plants & Animals
The oldest environmental holiday in the United States is Arbor Day, celebrated on April 30. It's a day for inspiring peo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2020Microbiology
Trees rely on a network of fungal friends for good health. Communities of trees can share nutrients and other essentail ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2020Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Conservation Letters highlights the importance of considering land-use history when ev ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 01, 2019Earth & The Environment
Sometimes it is extremely difficult to quantify ecosystem services, such as how much reforestation is worth in terms of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 19, 2019Earth & The Environment
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) had its annual meeting in Washington DC this year and the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
Roughly one-quarter of the climate change crisis can be attributed to the choices we make about the food we eat. A new s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 21, 2018Earth & The Environment
Can you imagine the world without the Amazon rainforest? It’s an image that none of us want to see, and yet the re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 19, 2017Videos
In Shandong Province in China, one city called Dongying is redefining what it means to be a forest. Due to its geographi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 05, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Princeton University, and Sun ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 05, 2016Videos
How many times a day do you Google something? Ten? Twenty? More? Imagine if all of that search power was going to good u ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 25, 2016Earth & The Environment
The Archangel Ancient Tree Archive (AATA) has a common mission: to curb climate change. But with it, they have an uncomm ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 01, 2014Earth & The Environment
Forested mountain areas throughout the western United States are suffering from the effects of bark beetles. To put the ...
JUL 31, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How does biodiversity loss impact tropical forests’ carbon absorption? This is what a recent study published in th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can microbes in the Amazon help mitigate the global effects of climate change? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 12, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In the ongoing fight against climate change, is it better to plant trees or allow nature to do it for us? This is what a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 15, 2024
Earth & The Environment
New research has shown that giant sequoia trees that were imported and planted in the United Kingdom, some of which have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study by researchers at Virginia Tech looked at the giant salamanders known as “hellbenders.” Scien
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
JAN 18, 2023
Plants & Animals
Fire is everywhere, from stoves and heaters to grills, fun-smelling candles, fireplaces, and portable pocket lighters. H
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JUN 16, 2022
Earth & The Environment
We often associate deforestation with paper production, as someone might ask, “How many trees did you cut down to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
With recent news of the world's coral supply standing at just 50% of what it was in the 1950s, any strategies for protec
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
APR 30, 2021
Plants & Animals
The oldest environmental holiday in the United States is Arbor Day, celebrated on April 30. It's a day for inspiring peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2020
Microbiology
Trees rely on a network of fungal friends for good health. Communities of trees can share nutrients and other essentail
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Conservation Letters highlights the importance of considering land-use history when ev
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 01, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Sometimes it is extremely difficult to quantify ecosystem services, such as how much reforestation is worth in terms of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) had its annual meeting in Washington DC this year and the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Roughly one-quarter of the climate change crisis can be attributed to the choices we make about the food we eat. A new s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 21, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Can you imagine the world without the Amazon rainforest? It’s an image that none of us want to see, and yet the re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 19, 2017
Videos
In Shandong Province in China, one city called Dongying is redefining what it means to be a forest. Due to its geographi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 05, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Princeton University, and Sun
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 05, 2016
Videos
How many times a day do you Google something? Ten? Twenty? More? Imagine if all of that search power was going to good u
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The Archangel Ancient Tree Archive (AATA) has a common mission: to curb climate change. But with it, they have an uncomm
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 01, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Forested mountain areas throughout the western United States are suffering from the effects of bark beetles. To put the
...