World ‘losing battle against deforestation’
A HISTORIC global agreement aimed
at halting deforestation has failed, according to a report.
An assessment of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) says
it...
Seaweeds help fight climate change
As the Amazon burns, there’s growing interest in cultivating forests that
absorb planet-warming carbon emissions, but are fireproof.
An increasing body of research is documenting the...
Are fires in the Amazon and elsewhere getting worse?
Countries in South America are meeting to discuss some ways on how
to respond to the fires across the Amazon basin.
However, the Amazon is...
Wood wide web: Trees’ social networks are mapped
Research has shown that beneath
every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots, fungi and
bacteria helping to connect trees and plants...
Campaign aims to tidy up cigarette butts
Cigarette butts - flicked into drains, mashed under foot or
dropped in parks - are a common sight around the world.
But a campaign launched...
Climate change: Marine heatwaves kill coral instantly
INCREASINGLY
frequent marine heatwaves can lead to the almost instant death of corals,
scientists working on the Great Barrier Reef have found.
These episodes of
unusually high...
Sucking carbon out of the air is no magic fix for the climate
THE Arctic is on fire, hot on the heels of the latest scorching European heatwave. As the impact of the climate crisis mounts, more...
Experts urge the use of waste water to save street trees
DISHWATER and
bathwater can be used to give vital support that councils often cannot afford
to young trees.
Instead of letting your dirty dishwater go
down the drain,...
Save the trees
By Katrina C. Sola
A tree is one of God’s wonderful gifts
It’s provided for all our daily needs
Some provide us air to breathe,
While some provide...
Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis
RESEARCH shows a
trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide.
Planting billions of trees across the world is
by far the biggest...