Trees

Chernobyl's toxic nuclear site presents a unique chance to protect biodiversity

Since the disaster, elk, wolves and the stocky endangered breed of Przewalski's wild horses native to Asia.

Noise pollution have long term effects on vegetation by driving away pollinating animals, finds study

Researchers hypothesized that once noise pollution decreases, the animals would return but they were proved wrong.

Nearly 300 biodiversity 'hot spots' at risk of extinction due to global warming: Study

So-called endemic species — plants and animals found exclusively in a specific area — will be hit hardest in a warming world.

In a bid to save environment, Gond community decides to bury its dead instead of cremating them

Mitti Sanskaar was a common practice before. It is believed in the community that through this ritual, the body mixes with five basic elements of nature: earth, air, water, fire and space.

Carbon might boost forest, grassland growth but absorption capacity of soil decreases

The new study adds to growing evidence that the terrestrial carbon sink is weaker than once thought.

Treebuddy looks to fix reforestation flaws, enable planting of millions of 'trackable' trees every year

Unlike similar initiatives, Treebuddy is aimed at businesses and individuals, also pays for the upkeep of the tree for up to 25 years.

Forests, land ecosystems may go from being CO2 'sinks' to the 'source' by 2050

Ecosystems that store the most CO2 — especially tropical and boreal forests — could lose more than 45 percent of their capacity as carbon sponges by mid-century

In Bengaluru, how the ritual of watching a pink trumpet tree bloom in 2020 brings a semblance of comfort

The British had originally introduced the pink trumpet trees, or the Tabebuia avellanedae, in Bengaluru as part of a stylised colonial botanical aesthetic, which valued flashy, ornamental exotic species like this one, over the native ones.

How many plants have we wiped out completely? Here are five extinction stories

Once biologists suspect a documented species’ extinction, the challenge then shifts to proving whether it has disappeared forever or just disappeared from sight

Millions of uncounted trees dotting Sahara, Sahel deserts found in satellite imagery

Improved imagery over the years have powered counting of trees, particularly over vast stretches of land, best done by a computer.