Mangrove Trees Facing Extinction

When we think of extinction, we think of Pandas, polar bears and other cute mammals. We don’t often think of amphibians, fungus or insects and we certainly don’t think about trees. This is rather unfortunate since trees often support an entire eco-system and the loss of trees in an area can cause many other species [...]

Odwalla Is Making State Parks Greener

Trees are our best friends in the fight against climate change because trees take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turn it into wonderful oxygen. For whatever reason, we feel the need to cut down trees so it is important that we do what we can to bring more trees onto the Earth. That is [...]

Major Hurricanes Diminish CO2 Intake of Trees

When a hurricane strikes an area, it does devastating damage, not only to cities, but to the surrounding trees that are usually broken, or severely damaged. According to a new study by Tulane University, when a tree is damaged by hurricanes, it diminishes that tree’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, even if it is still [...]

Global Warming and Wild Fires

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/global-warming-wildfires-47050701

Tree Poachers Cutting Burnaby Trees To Make Guitars

When we think of poaching, we primarily think of the poaching of animals by hunters. However, there is another form of poaching that deals with trees and it seems that Burnaby Mountain tress in B.C. are being poached to make, of all things, guitars. According to a story published on CTV.ca, poachers have cut down [...]