by faster | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Washington Post and The Guardian DATE: September 28, 2017 SNIP: A surprising scientific study released Thursday presents troubling news about the enormous forests of the planet’s tropical midsection — suggesting that they are releasing hundreds of millions of...
by faster | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Yale e360 DATE: September 21, 2017 SNIP: “The amount of conifer mortality that we’re seeing both here and in Europe is unprecedented historically,” says Jesse Morris, a geographer with the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Morris and other scientists are...
by faster | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald DATE: March 14, 2017 SNIP: The death of mangrove forests stretched over 1000 kilometres of Australia’s northern coast a year ago has been blamed on extreme conditions including record temperatures. Dr Duke said scientists now know...
by faster | Nov 18, 2016 | Blog
SOURCE: LA Times DATE: November 18, 2016 SNIP: The number of dead trees in California’s drought-stricken forests has risen dramatically to more than 102 million in what officials described as an unparalleled ecological disaster that heightens the danger of massive...