Long ago, before Vikings settled this North Atlantic isle in the ninth century, birch forests covered as much as 40 percent of the land.Unfortunately, the Vikings logged or burned most of the trees down within a few centuries.Then, as is common with volcanic soils with little vegetation, ...
Its boreal forests store twice as much carbon per unit astropical forestsand help regulate the global carbon footprint. TheUnited States, on the other hand, holds about 8% of the world’s forests. Spread across 310 million hectares of land, these diverse forests range from the boreal forests...
How much of the Earth does the temperate forest cover? What is the soil in a tropical forest like? How much sunlight do temperate forests get? What is the atmosphere in a tropical forest? How much of Brazil is covered by the Amazon rainforest?
For example, despite the history of agriculture and cities in forests, disturbance and collapses did happen, though they were not always as dramatic and complete as we might envision them. Demographic collapse following the Columbian exchange was as much a consequence of microbes as of violence ...
A Land Use Puzzle: How Do Forests, Croplands, and Residential Neighborhoods Interact with Climate?Earth's surface is like a giant reflector. Sometimes, the reflector is clean and bright, like an open field after snowfall, causing most of the incoming solar radiation to be returned to space. ...
Even for the largest mass-timber buildings, North America’s vast forests can regrow the equivalent amount of wood in just a few minutes. Although wood’s ability to sequester carbon is well understood, it’s also important to recognize that mass timber takes much less energy (and fewer carbo...
Natural forest and cultural woodland with continuous tree cover in Sweden: How much remains and how is it managed? Scandinavian Journal of For- est Research 22: 545-558.Axelsson, R., Angelstam, P. and Svensson, J. (2007) Natural forest and cultural woodland with continuous tree cover in ...
Much of these the world’s croplands were once forests, drylands, plains, and lowlands. And this loss in green cover is clearly seen across Africa, South America, and parts of Asia. However, some regions have also witnessed tree plantations, orchards, and aquaculture replacing former croplands...
The European nation’s energy revolution has made it a leader in replacing nukes and fossil fuels with wind and solar technology.
Planting forests on your property is an excellent long-term investment. It will take years for the trees to grow, often 25 years or more, but the profits are enormous, and they don’t take much day-to-day work. Many farmers use this method to set themselves up for retirement or legacy...