Imagine the largest tree you ever saw. Maybe you remember looking up, trying to see all the way to its crown. Maybe you recall wanting to stretch your arms around the tree. How many people did it take ...

Trees and forests around the world are under strain from climate change. They also are threatened by logging and development. To address these problems—and to increase the capture of carbon dioxide ...

The annual event, in which students plant a tree for that year’s graduating class, is being expanded to include trees for UConn’s junior, sophomore, and first-year classes Ulmus glabra "Camperdownii" ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mongabay has launched an upgrade to Reforestation.app, our global directory of tree-planting projects, aimed at improving transparency in the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It was perhaps the most spectacular failed tree planting project ever. Certainly the ...

One of the largest trees on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. Tropical forests pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere where it causes global warming and store it as wood. But the amount of carbon ...

There is a line in Psalm 107 about turning a barren wilderness into an oasis. It sprang to mind as Dr. David Mulcahy recounted how he and his brother Richard, along with volunteers from the 100 ...