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California Lost 36 Million Trees to Drought Last Year
Extreme drought and hot weather killed millions of trees in California’s forests last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Forest Service.
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New Biden Order to Find Old Trees Falls Short of Protecting Them
In reversal of standard procedure, the federal government will now have to figure out how not to miss the trees for the forest.
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Land Absorbs Carbon Now, But It Could Emit It in Just a Few Decades
The Earth is saving our asses right now by sucking up a large hunk of humanity’s carbon pollution. But we may not be so lucky for much longer.
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India’s Sacred Groves Are Disappearing, Taking Biodiversity And Culture With Them
Past the outskirts of Kochi, a teeming south Indian city of 2.1 million, it’s possible to walk a few short minutes and enter another world. Under a leafy green canopy a 90-minute drive from the city’s busy downtown core, the screech of motorcycle engines is slowly replaced by the trilling of birds. The air is…