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The kind of plants you can grow have changed slightly in most regions of Canada according to the federal government’s latest ...
In temperate forests, the biomass-building benefits of warmer growing seasons are offset by damaging variability in winter ...
For this week’s deeper dive, an excerpt from an opinion story titled: Beauty can be a refuge in this hard and ugly world – ...
Quick Facts While they are growing, trees absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas which contributes to climate change, and convert it into the main components of wood, including cellulose, to form ...
Tackling climate change one tree at a time At least 60 per cent of the carbon stored in Toronto’s urban forest is stored by trees on residential lands.
VANCOUVER - The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms across Canada, with one forestry expert and the head of the Canadian Christmas Tree Association saying the ...
What really hurts Christmas tree production is when you have consecutive droughts, as we have had the last two years, combined with freak weather events like the heat dome. This is particularly hard ...
The Ontario government is fighting climate change by planting 50 million trees in southern Ontario by 2020 and an additional 100,000 in urban spaces across the province over the next two years.
Climate change affecting Christmas trees She said last year and the year before, many operators in the Windsor area went from May to August with little rainfall, which certainly impacted trees and ...
Reforestation supporters say planting trees helps fight climate change, protects watersheds and creates jobs — arguments that help generate both global enthusiasm and U.S. bipartisan support.
A parcel of land on the Sahtlam Tree Farm is seen, in the Cowichan Valley area of Duncan, B.C., on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms ...
We used years of satellite observations, climate data and a network of about 450,000 tree plots across the U.S. where each tree is monitored for climate stress and survival.