Ecosystem Forest Sciences

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Sciences & Technology

Why are our rainforests burning?

Many of us may think the wet, humid conditions in a rainforest makes them unburnable, but bushfires in Australia and the Amazon are proving otherwise

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Sciences & Technology

How a termite’s mound filters methane (and what it means for greenhouse gases)

Termites produce greenhouse gas methane (the same way the rest of us do) but half of their emissions are filtered by their mounds

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Environment

Written in King Billy’s tree rings: 1700 years of climate history

The iconic King Billy Pines of Cradle Mountain offer a glimpse into climate history, with the publication of one of the longest tree-ring chronologies in the Southern Hemisphere

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Sciences & Technology

Planting trees for the Earth

Campaigners want us to plant 7.8 billion trees to combat climate change. But what then?

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Environment

Swapping guns for gardening

Returned WWII servicemen and women were given a fresh start through training in horticulture and gardening

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