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February 08, 2010
Ecologists Discover Forests Are Growing Faster
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2010
Speed is not a word typically associated with trees; they can take centuries to grow. However, a new study to be published the week of Feb. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found evidence that forests in the Eastern United States are growing faster than they have in the past 225 years. The study offers a rare look at how an ecosystem is responding to climate change. ... read more

Effects Of Forest Fire On Carbon And Climate Overestimated
Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 04, 2010
A recent study at Oregon State University indicates that some past approaches to calculating the impacts of forest fires have grossly overestimated the number of live trees that burn up and the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result. The research was done on the Metolius River Watershed in the central Oregon Cascade Range, where a ... more

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Plantations Can Provide The Same Ecosystem Services As Natural Forests
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2010
Not all plantations need to be the biological deserts that have come to characterize large-scale, industrial plantations. According to scientists in a paper out in February's issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, well-planned plantations can actually alleviate some of the social, economic and ecological burden currently being placed on natural forests. In addition, ... more

Heavy rains bring Spanish wetlands back to life
Madrid (AFP) Feb 2, 2010
An environmentally valuable expanse of Spanish wetlands that dried up through mismanagement of water resources and drought is once again awash with water due to heavy rainfall, an official said Tuesday. Over 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) of the wetlands of the Tablas de Daimiel National Park are flooded, the highest level since 1997, up from just 67 hectares on January 7, a park spokesman sai ... more

Cooling Forests Can Heat Too
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Feb 02, 2010
The simple formula we've learned in recent years - forests remove the greenhouse gas CO2 from the atmosphere; therefore forests prevent global warming - may not be quite as simple as we thought. Forests can directly absorb and retain heat, and, in at least one type of forest, these effects may be strong enough to cancel out a good part of the benefit in lowered CO2. This is a conclusion of ... more

Conflict And Speculation In Tropical Forests Set To Grow
London , UK (SPX) Feb 02, 2010
As environmental and political leaders struggle to determine how to move forward from the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, a new report by an international coalition of top forest organizations warns that the failure to set legal standards and safeguards for a mechanism to transfer funds to forest-rich nations may trigger a sharp rise in speculation and corruption, placing unprecedent ... more

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    Warmer Climate Could Stifle Carbon Uptake By Trees
    Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 26, 2010
    Contrary to conventional belief, as the climate warms and growing seasons lengthen subalpine forests are likely to soak up less carbon dioxide, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study. As a result, more of the greenhouse gas will be left to concentrate in the atmosphere. "Our findings contradict studies of other ecosystems that conclude longer growing seasons actua ... more

    SRNL Assesses Bamboo Crop
    Savannah River SC (SPX) Jan 26, 2010
    Many people who grow bamboo in their yards soon regret it, and spend the rest of their days trying to kill it off. The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), however, is glad to have a bamboo nursery. These are the kinds of bamboo that can be troublesome to property owners-the kinds with runners-but that feature is exactly what makes them possibly valuable t ... more

    Seeing The Forest Through The Trees And Seeing The Trees Through The Leaves
    Washington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2010
    Since the time of the earliest humans, people have attempted to understand the natural environment. We have observed our surroundings and searched for explanations for natural phenomena. Yet despite our persistence over thousands of years, many basic questions remain to be answered. Although we understand core processes such as photosynthesis, we do not have a full understanding of issues such ... more

    The Impact Of Eucalyptus Plantations On River Ecology
    Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Jan 21, 2010
    A team from the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) are focusing their research on the study of the ecology of rivers. The person in charge is Mr Jesús Pozo. For more than twenty years this team has been trying to identify links between the ecology and functioning of rivers and the surrounding terrestrial environment because, when all is said ... more

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