I’ve been reading a lot about career trajectories, about our changing economies and about healthy and unhealthy reactions to current economic conditions. I’ve been diving into economic charts and ...

Conifers are commonly thought to be synonymous with "evergreen trees," which stay green through the year. However, not all conifers—also known as softwoods—remain green and keep their needles ...

In elementary school, most of us learned the basic differences between deciduous and coniferous trees. Deciduous trees have leaves that change color and drop in the fall, and coniferous trees have ...

If you feel as if your yard is missing something, or you have way more space than you know what to do with, planting trees could be the solution. Planting trees can have several benefits beyond ...

Terrestrial vegetation and atmospheric photochemistry produce large amounts of fine particles in the atmosphere, thereby cooling Earth's climate. According to new research, the physical state of the ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. To figure out what kind of tree you are trying to identify, take a look at ...

Interest in plant-based wound treatments has grown due to traditional method limitations, antimicrobial resistance, and the ...

Emissions of greenhouse gases have a warming effect on the climate, whereas small airborne particles in the atmosphere, aerosols, act as a cooling mechanism. That is the received wisdom in any case.