Wildfire and prescribed fire profoundly reshape the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of forest soils. Intensity, duration and frequency of burning govern the degree of heat ...

A before-and-after study of wildfires in the Plumas National Forest compared private timber land with public lands. The results: The orderly arrangement of trees planted for logging leads to more ...

Humans have altered the forests of western North America markedly over the past several centuries. We’ve suppressed fire, harvested much of the old-growth trees, and built homes and communities within ...

A new study by researchers at the European Commission's Joint Research Center reveals that the Amazon rainforest has just undergone its most devastating forest fire season in over two decades, which ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As native forest logging ends in parts of Australia, governments and industry are turning to large-scale forest thinning as a tool to reduce ...