A new study shows that forest heat signals seen by thermal infrared sensors depend strongly on three-dimensional canopy structure, not just leaf or soil properties. Using a detailed 3-dimensional (3D) ...

A late-night removal of trees along Forest Avenue caused public outcry this week, with the community claiming that the ...

The method not only overcomes limitations of traditional LiDAR scanning but also enables the extraction of other hard-to-measure crown parameters, promising to advance forest management, breeding, and ...

With its fluffed, spiraling top and thin trunk, the Sanfordiacaulis densifolia tree looks like it came straight out of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. But this isn’t a truffula come to life. It’s a 3-D ...

Picture a forested hillside stripped bare, replaced by row after row of black solar panels. That’s the tradeoff many communities face: renewable power at the cost of ecosystems. But a growing body of ...

Across Australia, forests are quietly changing. Trees that once stood for decades or centuries are now dying at an accelerating rate. And this is not because of fire, storms, or logging. The chronic ...

NASA satellite radar detects forest clearing up to 100 days earlier than optical methods, improving the environmental ...

In the past three decades, poaching has decimated Africa’s now-critically endangered forest elephants, and as a result, their vital role as seed dispersers of many forest plants has been disrupted. A ...

The city of Aspen will be implementing fuels reduction and forest health projects through 2026 designed to reduce wildfire intensity, improve defensible space and support ecosystem resilience, in ...

In northwestern Poland, a small stand of pine trees curves sharply at the base and then grows straight upward, creating one of the most visually puzzling forests in Europe. This place is known as the ...