The scientists collected core samples from 25 Scots pine trees and stem discs from 54 juniper shrubs, creating paper-thin ...

Melting Ice Patch in the Rocky Mountains Reveals 5000-Yr-Old Greenery, Scientists Discover Over 30 Well-Preserved Dead Trees ...

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"So many people worked to preserve the pine barrens," said one fire manager, "and along comes an insect the size of a grain of rice to wipe it all out." ...

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Researchers from Montana State University discovered a 10,000-year-old ancient forest that holds valuable information about ...

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Austinites should be forward-thinking — learning from others' successes and failures. Wildfires demand a whole-community ...