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Tree Planting Is Booming. Here’s How That Could Help, or Harm, the Planet [1]

"Reforestation can fight climate change, uplift communities and restore biodiversity. When done badly, though, it can speed extinctions and make nature less resilient."

Biodiversity [2]
Forests [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NYTimes [6], 03/14/2022
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"Shining a Light on Suicide Risk for Wildland Firefighters" [7]

"As climate change fuels more severe wildfires that burn through larger swaths of forestland and homes each year, firefighters are facing increasingly unpredictable, catastrophic blazes, leading many to speak out about suicide among their ranks, an occupational hazard they once kept to themselves."

Climate Change [8]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Forests [3]
People & Population [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 03/10/2022
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Satellites Show Amazon Rainforest Is Hurtling Toward A ‘Tipping Point’ [13]

"More than half of the rainforest could turn into savanna — threatening wildlife, shifting weather patterns and fueling climate change".

Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [8]
Forests [3]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [4]
South America [16]
Source: Washington Post [17], 03/08/2022
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"Florida Panhandle Wildfires Force Evacuation Of Hundreds Of Homes" [18]

"Steady winds across Florida’s Panhandle stoked a rash of wildfires on Monday that ignited in thickets of dead vegetation left in the wake of a 2018 hurricane, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of houses and a nursing home."

Climate Change [8]
Disasters [9]
Forests [3]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 03/08/2022
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Agribusiness Giants Tried To Thwart EU Cop26 Deforestation Plan [21]

"Five of the world’s biggest agribusiness firms sought to weaken a draft EU law banning food imports linked to deforestation, eight days after pledging to accelerate their forest protection efforts at Cop26, documents seen by the Guardian show."

Environmental Politics [22]
Forests [3]
Public [4]
International [23]
Europe [24]
Source: Guardian [25], 03/07/2022
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"Wildfires May Slow Recovery Of Ozone Layer - Study" [26]

"Increasing wildfires in a warming world may slow the recovery of the ozone layer, according to new research."

Air [27]
Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [9]
Forests [3]
Pollution [29]
Public [4]
International [23]
Source: BBC News [30], 03/03/2022
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"Rash-Causing Moth Spreading Due To Warming, Scientists Find" [31]

"A forest pest that bedevils Maine residents and tourists with hairs that cause an itchy rash appears to be spreading due to warming temperatures, a group of scientists has found."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [8]
Forests [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [32], 03/01/2022
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Houston Plays Host to First On-Site SEJ Conference Since 2019 [33]

Environmental journalists from around the country and beyond will gather in Houston later this month for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 31st annual conference. Widely known as the energy capital of the world, this highly diverse city is an ideal place to drill down on the causes and consequences of climate change and other environmental issues of the day.

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Activism [35]
Air [27]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [9]
Diversity [36]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [39]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Food [41]
Forests [3]
Government [42]
Health [43]
Infrastructure [44]
Journalism & Media [45]
Laws & Regulations [46]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [47]
Policy [48]
Pollution [29]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [49]
Science [50]
Technology [51]
Transportation [52]
Waste [53]
Water & Oceans [54]
Wildlife [55]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
International [23]
Mexico [57]
Central America & the Caribbean [58]
Europe [24]
South America [16]
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"Using Science and Celtic Wisdom to Save Trees (and Souls)" [59]

"At a hale 77, Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a medical biochemist, botanist, organic chemist, poet, author and developer of artificial blood. But her main focus for decades now has been to telegraph to the world, in prose that is scientifically exacting yet startlingly affecting, the wondrous capabilities of trees."

Activism [35]
Climate Change [8]
Forests [3]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [49]
Public [4]
Canada [60]
Source: NYTimes [61], 02/24/2022
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"Global Wildfire Activity to Surge in Coming Years" [62]

"As global warming heats the air and land, drying out trees and other plants, people around the world need to reset their expectations of where, when and how long wildfires will burn, warns a new global wildfire report released today."

Climate Change [8]
Forests [3]
Public [4]
International [23]
Source: Inside Climate News [63], 02/24/2022
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