Reforestation is gaining global momentum as a climate solution, but scientists warn that planting trees indiscriminately isn’t effective. Its success depends on how and, crucially, where it’s done. A ...

Researchers found that tree canopies do improve health, but benefits vary based on socioeconomic factors such as income.

Tree cover globally cools nearly half the warming from built-up cities, but it’s doing it more in richer, cooler areas and less in hotter poorer areas where it’s needed most.

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — Trees have been used to symbolize life for thousands of years. Now there’s growing scientific evidence that living near trees helps keep people alive. Thirty years ...

People plant trees as a part of the DCR's Urban and Community Forestry Program in 2022. This story was originally produced by WBUR. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the New England News ...

Weather patterns like heat waves or dry spells can sometimes stall over one region. A new University of Arizona study found clues about why. The researchers analyzed tree rings from centuries-old ...

The list of diseases attacking trees in the Pacific Northwest grows every year. A pathogen now found in Bellingham brings an added concern: It can injure people. A research project using citizen ...

A new study leveraging 20,000 tree-ring records and nearly 150 scientists' contributions from across the globe shows that, while droughts appear to have had a modest impact on tropical tree growth in ...

(Updated at 4:35 p.m.) Tree canopy in Arlington County is lower than it was in 2016, according to a new privately-funded study paid for local residents. The residents, who are involved in Arlington ...

A study has found that living in a tree-filled environment is associated with better early childhood development than living in an environment where vegetation takes the form of grass cover. The ...