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"UK and EU tree planting pledges face reality check as scientists warn the climate window is closing"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Trees

Why time is running out for the EU and UK to plant more trees
The UK and EU both have ambitious targets for planting new trees to help meet climate targets. But how much progress has actually been made?

"Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind"
#Trees #Environment
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Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind
Sydney communities may be missing out on crucial tree planting projects intended to combat urban heat, leaving western and eastern parts of Greater Sydney with less protection from extreme heat, a University of Sydney-led study has revealed. In a surprising finding, the researchers found that while Greater Sydney's total tree canopy increased by 4.2% from 1.514 billion square meters to 1.578 billion square meters between 2016 and 2022, this growth was not evenly distributed.

Got rid of our Christmas tree
#TreeByBike

"Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement"
#Kenya #Trees #Environment

Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement
Kenyan environmentalist Truphena Muthoni set a Guinness World Record by hugging a tree for 72 hours, sparking a nationwide movement of tree hugging.

Concrete sculpture in Cornell's Arboretum with a spectacular fall color tree behind it
#photo #photography #trees #fall

"Biodiversity Improves Tree Defenses Against Hungry Herbivores"
#Biodiversity #Trees #Nature #Environment

Biodiversity Improves Tree Defenses Against Hungry Herbivores | Happy Eco News
Biodiversity improves tree defenses through associational resistance. Tree seedlings in 15-species plots resisted deer and insect attacks better than monocultures. Selective browsing on competitive species and protection from unpalatable neighbors drove the benefit. The findings highlight how herbivores shape forest composition, resilience, and biodiversity’s protective power.

Tree heavy with cones with big blurred-out snowflakes in the foreground
#photo #photography #trees #conifers

Leafless winter trees near the high spot in Shindagin Hollow State Forest in the winter depths
#photo #photography #trees

"Millions of Christmas trees will end up in landfill this year. Here's what to do with them instead"
#Christmas #Trees #ChristmasTrees

Throwing out the Christmas tree? Here are the alternatives to landfill
Christmas trees can take years to break down when thrown into landfill, but there are some more eco-friendly ways of ending the festivity.

Birch tree with peeling bark in blowing snow
#photo #photography #trees #birch

Tree loaded with heavy cones in heavy snow (that's Uris Hall in the background)
#photo #photography #tree #snow

🌳 AI helps find trees in a forest: Researchers achieve 3D forest reconstruction from remote sensing data
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AI helps find trees in a forest: Researchers achieve 3D forest reconstruction from remote sensing data
Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by laser-scanning technologies. Doing the same with forest data has proven far more difficult. But now a team from Purdue University's Department of Computer Science and Institute for Digital Forestry and Germany's Kiel University has introduced a new AI method for isolating and reconstructing forest trees that they call TreeStructor.

yesterday's tree with spikes
#photography #BloomScrolling #trees #ice #winter

Close up of a rose-like flower on a spring blooming tree
#photo #photography #trees #flower

Flowering tree in downtown Ithaca last April
#photo #photography #flowers #trees