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Forests

Across Ecosystems, Dead Organisms Help Shape the Living World

A new paper found that the remnants of “foundation species” strongly influenced the fate of survivors.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Dead trees burned by a wildfire span across the Manti-La Sal National Forest near Moab, Utah, in 2022. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
A team with the New Mexico Reforestation Center monitors seedlings in Mora County. Credit: Courtesy of Pouli Sikelianos/NMHU

A ‘Reforestation Pipeline’ in New Mexico Trains Seedlings to Survive in Burn Scars

By Tina Deines

A field fire burns in Pará, Brazil, within the Amazon rainforest on June 16, 2025. Credit: Ivan Pisarenko/AFP via Getty Images

Amazon Deforestation at Eight-Year Low, Report Shows

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Ranger Griffin and Forest Guard Cameron on fire patrol duty in 1909 from the top of Mount Silcox near Thompson Falls, Mont. Credit: W. J. Lubken/Forest Service

Could Changes to the U.S. Forest Service Erase a Century of Historical Documents?

By Keerti Gopal

A photo shows trees lit golden by a mixture of light and fog.

Behind the Scenes: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Forests

By Kiley Price

Special cameras helped scientists pinpoint when a combination of heat and drought conditions cause changes in individual oak leaves. Credit: Alyssa Kullberg

How Forests Start to Fail, One Leaf at a Time

By Bob Berwyn

Forest Service Firefighters perform a prescribed burn at Letts Lake near Stonyford, Calif., in the Mendocino National Forest on March 5, 2025. Credit: Susan Knight-Ashley/USDA Forest Service

Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms

By Marianne Lavelle

Soybeans are unloaded from a lorry at a biodiesel complex in Santa Fe, Argentina. Credit: Eitan Abramovich/AFP via Getty Images

The Trump Administration’s New Biofuels Targets Threaten Carbon-Rich Rainforests

By Georgina Gustin

The Gifford Fire burns through Los Padres National Forest in California on Aug. 2, 2025. Credit: Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

USDA Says It Needs Roads to Fight Remote Wildfires, but a New Study Says Roads Bring More Fire to Forests

By Zoë Rom

The burned remains of a timber operation in Molalla, Ore., on Sept. 13, 2020, after the Riverside Fire swept through the area. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

The Fight Over Logging on U.S. Public Lands Isn’t Done Yet

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

A man uses buckets of water to extinguish a wildfire that threatens his house in the Portuguese village of Antas on Aug. 15, 2025. Credit: Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Triggers a Chain Reaction of Disturbance in European Forests

By Bob Berwyn

An oil pumpjack operates in the background as a fast food worker takes orders at a drive-through on Feb. 9, 2023, in Signal Hill, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Unequal Access to Nature Fuels America’s Health Crisis

By Katie Surma

A nearly 600-acre fire in Pacolet, S.C., caused substantial burning of tree roots. The roots are where kudzu vines build strong anchor points. Credit: Don Dicey/Conserving Carolina

The Voracious Vine That ‘Ate the South’ Can Also Fuel Wildfires

By Jaylan Sims

The Gifford Fire burns through 30,000 acres in Los Padres National Forest near Santa Maria, Calif., on Aug. 2, 2025. Credit: Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Wildfire Urgency Unites Congress. The ‘Fix Our Forests’ Act Does Not.

By Katie Surma

Scientists Push for More Ambitious Climate Targets

By Bob Berwyn

A view of Forest Park in Queens, New York City. The Natural Areas Conservancy will partner with the Forest Park Trust to enhance the area. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York City’s Forests Are Ailing. New Funding May Get at the Root of the Problem

By Lauren Dalban

Trucks carry wood from a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest on Nov. 12 near Belem, Brazil. Credit: Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images

Days After COP30, Brazil Weakened Amazon Safeguards

By Bob Berwyn

A view of the Shawnee National Forest from the Garden of the Gods observation trail near Herod, Ill. Credit: Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Bill Ensuring Active Management of Shawnee National Forest Clears Senate Committee

By Sarah Mattalian

An aerial view of the Great Miami River as it flows through a forest in Ohio. Credit: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Forestry Carbon Credit Programs Have a Poor Track Record. Can a More Refined Approach Fix the Problem?

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

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