Ancient Japanese Forestry Technique Produces Lumber Without Cutting Down Trees
These Japanese cedar trees are pruned in a way that produces lumber faster and stronger than standard cedar without cutting down any trees!
Planting Trees in Square Holes Makes Them Grow Faster and Stronger
Square holes encourage roots to spiral out into native soil, planting trials show
Conservation Group Plans to Buy Largest Private Giant Sequoia Forest in the World for $15 Million
The “crown jewel” of the 73 remaining giant sequoia groves on the planet is about to be purchased, protected and opened to the public
Alder Creek. Photo Credit: Max Forster, Save the Redwoods League
Study: The Air Surrounding Urban Trees is 25% Cleaner and 4 Degrees Cooler
Trees are giant air conditioners and purifiers!
Ancient Tree Contains Record of Earth’s Magnetic Field Reversal in Its Rings
Construction workers have accidentally dug up a 40,000 year old tree that will give scientists insight into what will happen when Earth’s magnetic poles flip, which they are already starting to do
Coffee Cups Embedded with Seeds Grow Into Trees and Wildflowers
Instead of sending your coffee cup to a landfill, you soon might be able to plant it and watch it grow into a wildflower or tree
Volunteers Plant 66 Million Trees in 12 Hours, Smashing Guinness World Record
1.5 million volunteers worked together to help reach a larger goal of reforesting the planet by 2030
This 400-Year-Old Bonsai Tree Survived Hiroshima and Is Still Thriving Today
Planted in 1625, this little bonsai tree survived the atomic bomb in Japan, and now sits in a museum in DC
Extinct Tree Brought Back to Life from 2000-Year-Old Seeds Found in a Clay Jar
According to legend, the extinct Judean date palm was the tree whose fronds made way for Jesus and his donkey on Palm Sunday. A botanist has literally resurrected it from an ancient seed.
Woman Transforms Rotting Tree Into a “Little Free Library” in Her Front Yard
This is probably the cutest “little free library” you’ve ever seen:
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