Planting more trees can help cool the planet and reduce fire risk—but where they are planted matters. According to UC Riverside researchers, tropical regions provide the most powerful climate benefits ...

Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees' ability to store large quantities of carbon from the atmosphere. But, an international group of ...

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will plant 500 trees along Meadow Lake in FDR Park this fall after the organization received $276,000 in grants for ecological restoration across Philadelphia ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Johnny Appleseed was ahead of his time. Not because he fed so many people by planting ...

The future of American cities is in the exurbs. The latest Census Bureau data show that some of the fastest-growing cities are often sitting in the distant orbit of a larger city and centered on ...

Orange trees are associated with prosperity and good luck. During the Lunar New Year, oranges are exchanged as symbols of good fortune and wealth. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Plants and trees can add ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Also known as the ...

Like many farmers, Matt Boucher has a field where the ground varies quite a bit. This particular field slopes west to east down to a creek and is pockmarked with areas that have high clay content. “We ...

Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Boreal forests, or taiga, are found between 50 ...