The year in patriarchy: coconut trees, ‘childless cat ladies’ and crimes against humanity | Arwa Mahdawi
2024 was a very modest, very cautious, very dystopian year. I started my annual review of last year by saying that it was the hottest year on record. And… guess what? 2024 will exceed 2023. hottest year on record. Many of the same extreme themes from last year also continue. Anti-abortion activists are still trying […]
Franklin D. Roosevelt planted thousands of trees on his land annually in the 1930s, including Christmas trees
Franklin D. Roosevelt participated in many Christmas traditions with his family and White House staff during his time in office. Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, and called it home his entire life. The beginning of Roosevelt's era in politics began in 1910, when he was elected to the New York […]
Bark detective: dog trained to sniff out UK tree disease | Trees and forests
Sniper dogs are usually seen searching for contraband at airports and train stations, but the British government is now deploying trained hounds to find pests that harm forests. For the first time in the UK, dogs have been used to identify diseases in trees. Researchers at the Forest Research Institute used trained spanadors (a cross […]
The Douglas fir, a common species used for Christmas trees, can grow hundreds of feet tall and live for over 1,000 years
Douglas fir, also known as Douglas tree, Oregon pine, and Douglas spruce, can grow hundreds of feet tall and the oldest species can live more than 1,000 years. Douglas fir is the state tree of Oregon. The species is found from western British Columbia to central California, according to Portland.gov. There is a time for […]
‘There Were Bodies In Trees’: Rural South Decimated By Hurricane Helene As Death Toll Rises Above 130
Hurricane Helen has continued to wreak havoc and claim lives in the Southeast since making landfall Thursday night, with a total of 132 people dead and nearly 600 missing as of Monday. The devastating aftermath, which was fully revealed on Monday, left a scene of complete devastation, with houses shattered, cargo containers crushed and highways […]
California desert towns protest cutting down ancient trees for solar energy project: ‘Irreplaceable’
A project to install solar panels around the Mojave Desert has begun cutting down thousands of Joshua trees, despite widespread complaints from residents. Los Angeles Times Several residents of Boron and Desert Lake are reportedly beginning to notice the benefits of the Alatina Solar Project, a government-approved scheme to produce clean energy through solar panels […]