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Environment

Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops | Italy

The plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey,…

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‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need | Phoenix

It was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree-planting crew dug large holes in one of…

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TV-Film

Splitscreen Nabs Rights to ‘Where the Trees Bear Meat’

Zagreb-based doc specialist Splitscreen has boarded Argentinian gaucho tale “Where the Trees Bear Meat” by Alexis Franco ahead of its…

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Environment

The case for paying ranchers to raise trees instead of cattle | Patrick Brown and Michael Eisen

There is a simple, cost-effective and scientifically sound way to turn back the clock on global warming and reverse the…

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Environment

Stumpy the cherry blossom on chopping block as DC to remove trees | Washington DC

A legendary, gnarled old cherry tree nicknamed Stumpy that became a social media phenom is about to have its last…

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Most Shared

The Meaning of Trees in a Warming World

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful…

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Environment

Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade | Trees and forests

Three redwoods tower over Wakehurst’s Elizabethan mansion like skyscrapers. Yet at 40 metres (131ft) high, these are almost saplings –…

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Environment

Seven times size of Manhattan: the African tree-planting project making a difference | Trees and forests

In a world of monoculture cash crops, an innovative African project is persuading farmers to plant biodiverse forest gardens that…

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Environment

Act to save Dartmoor rainforest from sheep, urge campaigners | Trees and forests

There are acorns galore and tiny oaks sprouting from tussocky grass beside the gnarled ancient trees of Black-a-Tor Copse on…

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Environment

Scrap subsidies to Scotland’s conifer forests, urges report | Trees and forests

A report has called on ministers to scrap the huge subsidies and tax breaks given to conifer forests because they…

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