A satellite with a 40-foot extendable antenna has launched into space with a giant mission: to map all of the world’s forests — ecosystems that are crucial for absorbing carbon and slowing climate ...

Wildfires are becoming more prominent and prevalent in the Western United States every passing year. One contributing factor to these fires is bark beetles — small beetles that burrow and reproduce ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Jonathan Kusel owns three pickups and a 45-foot truck for hauling woodchip bins. He operates a ...

Through satellite imaging a new AI driven mapping of biomass and CO2 storage shows that a huge number of trees are overlooked in Europe's urban, rural, and agricultural areas. Across Europe, ...

Renewable energy comes from matter that nature produces and replenishes constantly. The power generated through this source does not significantly threaten the environment, especially in comparison ...

Restoring degraded forests to boost biodiversity, store carbon and reconnect fragmented habitats is a burgeoning area of tropical forest conservation. But uncertainty remains around the long-term ...

This is a story of carbon choices: As societies around the world continue to move toward increased renewable energy portfolios, which energy sources do we choose? In the U.S., coal plants are closing, ...

It was once thought that this new ecosystem would take carbon out of the atmosphere immediately. However, recent research suggests that for approximately 20 years this new ecosystem actually generates ...

Laser technology has been used to measure the volume and biomass of giant Californian redwood trees for the first time, records a new study. Laser technology has been used to measure the volume and ...

This photo taken on February 3, 2016 shows a technician holding wooden pellets that will be burned at France's largest biomass-fired power plant in Gardanne, near Aix-en-Provence, southern France.