Understanding the biodiversity of forests is crucial to their conservation or restoration. Collecting “external DNA” left behind by animals is a good way to find out what lives there without having to ...

Fire season is once again in full swing, with over 37,000 wildfires already burning in 2020. Early detection is the key to battling these blazes — itself an effort that saves countless homes, acres of ...

Destructive winds during storms and cyclones often cause tree failures, especially through uprooting and stem breakage. However, how trees respond to wind under various forest configurations and ...

Forest configuration, defined by tree density and spacing, affects trees’ resistance against powerful winds. In this study, the thinned plot experienced tree failures due to Typhoon Trami, while the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swaying trees crackled amid frigid temperatures in northern Minnesota as an arctic mass swept the region on Thursday, January 22.

Many people look at trees to relax, taking in the soothing fractal patterns to adjust their eyes from too many hours spent at a computer. Dominick "Dom" Ciruzzi, assistant professor of geology at ...

You might look at a tree swaying in the wind and see botanical tranquility—a hypnotic back and forth of life interacting with air. Scientists appreciate that too, but they also see something else: ...

MAY not the want of symmetry or the “anyhowness” of the arrangement of the branches of trees serve some highly useful purpose? May it not help to prevent the trees being overturned in the highest ...

'Oh my god!' says the camera-person as they video the swaying trees -- and capture the moment a tree snaps and falls towards them.