News articles tagged with 'pine'
Mountain pine beetle marching east from Alberta
— 4 Apr 2011 17:40 | BiologyA University of Alberta-led research team has determined that the mountain pine beetle has invaded jack pine forests in Alberta, opening up the possibility for an infestation that could…
Climate change causing demise of lodgepole pine in western North America
— 1 Mar 2011 18:48 | EnvironmentLodgepole pine, a hardy tree species that can thrive in cold temperatures and plays a key role in many western ecosystems, is already shrinking in range as a result of climate change…
Public outcry fells Russia auction for logging rights in key tiger habitats
— 28 Oct 2010 15:18 | EnvironmentPublic outcry derailed an auction scheduled to be held earlier this week by the forestry administration of Primorsky Province in the Russian Far East that would have opened up critical…
Risk of beetle outbreaks rise, along with temperature, in the warming West
— 9 Sep 2010 11:06 | EnvironmentThe potential for outbreaks of spruce and mountain pine beetles in western North America's forests is likely to increase significantly in the coming decades, according to a study conducted…
Special edition journal provides new perspectives and guidance for managing white pine blister rust
— 2 Sep 2010 17:25 | Environment'My job was to locate the previously marked study trees... and record data on the activity of treated blister rust cankers,' wrote Charles 'Terry ' Shaw. 'The work took [me] in rickety…
Russia tiger habitat gets a boost with protection of key tree species
— 30 Jul 2010 09:58 | EnvironmentWorld Tiger Day - the Russian government has introduced measures to protect the Korean pine, a key species found in Amur tiger habitat in the Russian Far East…
Signs of reversal of Arctic cooling in some areas
— 30 Jul 2010 09:40 | EnvironmentParts of the Arctic have cooled clearly over the past century, but temperatures have been rising steeply since 1990 also there. This is the finding of a summer temperature reconstruction…
NASA, Google data show North Korea logging in protected area
— 18 May 2010 19:53 | EnvironmentUsing NASA satellite data and Google Earth, a Purdue University researcher has reported finding evidence that North Korea has been logging in what is designated as a protected United…
Growth spurt in tree rings prompts questions about climate change
— 17 Nov 2009 14:59 | EnvironmentThe researchers studied bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) at three sites in California and Nevada, close to the upper elevation limit of tree growth. The tree-ring record showed wider…
Plants' response to fire tested
— 26 Sep 2009 10:51 | BiologyA team from the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) has developed a new method for identifying the flammability of plant species by using a device…