Trees & Forestry

EDGEWATER, Md., Feb. 2 (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they’ve found evidence that forests in the Eastern United States are growing faster than they have during the past 225 years.
The Smithsonian Institution ecologists focused on the growth of 55 stands of mixed hardwood forest plots in Maryland. Geoffrey Parker, who has tracked the trees’ [...]

CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 1 (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they’ve determined some studies involving the impact of forest fires may have grossly overestimated the amount of carbon dioxide released.
Oregon State University researchers say some past approaches to calculating the impact of forest fires have overestimated the number of live trees that burn up and [...]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 10 (UPI) — Canadian researchers say the pine beetle has killed so many trees, the forests of British Columbia now put more greenhouse gases into the air than they store.
The experts say that has been true since 2003, The Toronto Globe and Mail reported Saturday. By last year, dead [...]

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Dec. 23 (UPI) — A 16-year-old boy was charged with arson Wednesday in a pair of destructive California wildfires.
Ricky Sean Lukacs was charged as adult by the San Bernardino, Calif., County District Attorney’s Office after being linked to up to 14 fires, the Victorville (Calif.) Daily Press reported.
Prosecutors allege Lukacs was [...]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 16 (UPI) — Climate change negotiators meeting in Denmark moved closer to a pact that would pay countries for preserving forests and other landscapes, negotiators said.
If signed as anticipated, the agreement for the compensation program would provide a system by which countries could be paid for conserving ebbing natural assets based [...]