Author Richard Powers sees nature in new light with new book
Novelist Richard Powers’ latest book, “The Overstory,” entwines the tales of human characters with those of the trees on which society depends — and has always depended — for timber, for food, for...
View ArticleArnold Arboretum’s role as a living lab grows as environmental issues mount
Andrew Groover celebrates the complexity of trees, and makes it his life’s work to unlock how they adapt to their environments. It’s knowledge that’s critical for the U.S. Forest Service research...
View ArticleStudy of African trees goes public
Koen Hufkens is trying to solve a scientific mystery, and he’s asking for the public’s help to do it. Hufkens, a postdoctoral fellow working in the lab of Associate Professor of Organismic and...
View ArticleClimate test for forests
Harvard scientists are taking a hard look at northeastern forests for evidence of a potential springtime scramble, one that could be triggered if age-old growth cues are disrupted by climate change....
View ArticleIn the Yard, a changing of the guard
For those with an eye to nature, Harvard Yard is home to much more than freshmen. There are living fossils and dying icons. There are locusts and larch, hackberry and holly, Kentucky coffee and...
View ArticleWhen plants may not help
Planting a tree is always a good thing, right? After all, trees provide natural beauty and wildlife habitat, and are good for the environment. But what if, instead of one tree, you’re planting a...
View ArticleTrees tell of shifting world
Rising global temperatures could cause the vast Amazonian rainforest — sometimes viewed as the lungs of the Earth — to give off significant carbon dioxide, worsening the climate-changing problem of...
View ArticleIn the Yard, a changing of the guard
For those with an eye to nature, Harvard Yard is home to much more than freshmen. There are living fossils and dying icons. There are locusts and larch, hackberry and holly, Kentucky coffee and...
View ArticleWhen plants may not help
Planting a tree is always a good thing, right? After all, trees provide natural beauty and wildlife habitat, and are good for the environment. But what if, instead of one tree, you’re planting a...
View ArticleTrees tell of shifting world
Rising global temperatures could cause the vast Amazonian rainforest — sometimes viewed as the lungs of the Earth — to give off significant carbon dioxide, worsening the climate-changing problem of...
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