Josep “Pep” Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project, says he believes countries large and small need to think twice before pledging to collectively plant billions of trees as a ...

Standing before dozens of people at SUNY Adirondack in November, State Forester Molly Hassett gave a brief review of historic reforestation efforts in New York before circling back to one of the more ...

Regenerating tropical forests pull carbon dioxide from the air, but a lack of nitrogen in the soil could slow this process, a new Nature Communications study has found. Restoring tropical forests is ...

In recent years, policymakers have made pledges for huge tree-planting projects a cornerstone for meeting national carbon reduction goals, while doing little to seriously cut fossil fuel emissions.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation workers harvest speckled alder seeds along Geyser Loop Road in November 2021 at the DEC's Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery, ...