Solutions Photo by Steven Kamenar on Unsplash Is the wood-wide web real? Scientists debate whether trees really talk From Ted Lasso to TED Talks, the theory of the “wood-wide web” is everywhere, and some scientists argue that it is overblown and unproven.
Impacts Photo by Diana Parkhouse on Unsplash Why fungi might really be magic (when it comes to climate change) Researchers are exploring a vast and poorly understood underground world that can be vital in the era of global warming.
Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Roots of a crisis As temperatures rise because of climate change, trees are being hit with heat waves and drought, killing them or weakening their resistance to a cascade of pressures, from pests to rising sea levels.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Gabriel Popkin: Invasive insects and diseases are killing our forests America wasn’t ready for the pandemic. And it isn’t ready for the next contagion to strike our woodlands.
Solutions www.politico.com A casualty of Trump’s immigration policy: Millions of trees The decision to suspend seasonal visas is expected to hurt forestry firms as well as state and federal governments.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
