Some Trees Use Less Water Amid Rising Carbon Dioxide, Paper Says
[New York Times, might be behind pay wall]

After collating data from 21 different sites, gathered over 20 years, there is an indication that some trees are using less water to achieve a given amount of growth, because there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As one of the ( Read more... )

Can we please stop drawing trees on top of skyscrapers?

Putting trees on skyscrapers is the trendy architectural design element of the moment. Here is why, in detail, it’s a bad idea.

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When Trees Die, People Die

More of the evidence of a connection between trees and health. The exact cause remains an intriguing mystery, but the connection is obvious.

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Looking Back: 2012’s “Top 10” Tree Stories


A summary of stories related to urban forest and green infrastructure, good and bad.

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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
Richard Preston

Studying the tree canopy of redwoods is a new field, developed in the last twenty-five years or so. The Wild Trees chronicles that development, focusing on the personalities of the people driven to search for the tallest trees in the world, and then to climb them to see what’s up there.
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First tree I’ve planted, in Carkeek Park. An Oregon Ash.


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