Forests

At COP27, the US Said It Will Lead Efforts to Halt Deforestation. But at Home, the Biden Administration Is Considering Massive Old Growth Logging Projects

Schemes that protect forests to create carbon credits that polluters can buy to offset their emissions have been popular in the rush to green the economy, but they can threaten biodiversity and Indigenous land rights.

By Bob Berwyn

Study Shows Protected Forests Are Cooler

By Bob Berwyn

Countries Want to Plant Trees to Offset Their Carbon Emissions, but There Isn’t Enough Land on Earth to Grow Them

By Katie Surma

Lack of Loggers Is Hobbling Arizona Forest-Thinning Projects That Could Have Slowed This Year’s Devastating Wildfires

By Andrew Onodera

Warming Trends: Forests Are the Best Big-City Water Filters, Plus Veggie Burgers by Default, Sea Songs by ET’s Doctor and a Reminder to Eat Fresh Food in the Fridge

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Indigenous Land Rights Are Critical to Realizing Goals of the Paris Climate Accord, a New Study Finds

By Katie Surma

Forests of the Living Dead

By Liza Gross

The Best Protection For Forests? The People Who Live In Them.

By Georgina Gustin

Video: In California, the Northfork Mono Tribe Brings ‘Good Fire’ to Overgrown Woodlands

Video By Adam Sings in the Timber; Text By Michael Kodas

Many Overheated Forests May Soon Release More Carbon Than They Absorb

By Bob Berwyn

Targeted Ecosystem Restoration Can Protect Climate, Biodiversity

By Bob Berwyn

Can Planting a Trillion Trees Stop Climate Change? Scientists Say it’s a Lot More Complicated

By Bob Berwyn

‘We Need to Hear These Poor Trees Scream’: Unchecked Global Warming Means Big Trouble for Forests

By Bob Berwyn

As Amazon Burns, Pope Convenes Meeting on Forest Protection and Climate Change

By Georgina Gustin

Deforestation Is Getting Worse, 5 Years After Countries and Companies Vowed to Stop It

By Georgina Gustin

World's Alarming Rate of Forest Loss Threatens a Crucial Climate Solution

By Georgina Gustin

Iconic Forests Reaching Climate Tipping Points in American West, Study Finds

By Phil McKenna

Warming Drives Unexpected Pulses of CO2 from Forest Soil

By Bob Berwyn

200 Environmental Activists Murdered During a Deadly 2016, Report Finds

By Georgina Gustin