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MAMMOTH LAKES, CA - JULY 28: An aerial view of a forest killed by carbon dioxide near drought-shrunken Horseshoe Lake which may again release deadly levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, on July 28, 2022 near Mammoth Lakes, California. During a series of earthquakes in 1989 and 1990, magma movement opened underground cracks that began releasing Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas that killed a nearby section of forest. The invisible, odorless and tasteless gas is heavier than air and tends to settle over the lake and in snow, and could quickly prove deadly to humans in large amounts. The overwhelming majority of climate-effecting greenhouse gas emissions by humans is carbon dioxide. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

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Warming temperatures are creating 'zombie forests' in California

A fifth of conifer forests in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains are now in places that are too hot for them – meaning they may not regrow if wiped out by wildfire or disease

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Mycelium of mushroom. Mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant's root tissues. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association. Mycorhize. - Image ID: BDF3AY (RF)

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Adding wild fungi to soil could make trees store more carbon

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Bark beetles use the smell of fungus to pick the best trees to infest

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Mushrooms growing around the base of a tree in a forest

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Do trees communicate via a 'wood wide web'? The evidence is lacking

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A mossy patch of decaying bark and soil, with the leaves of plants visible in the background, suggesting a forest environment

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Soil produces subtle noises that could reveal how healthy a forest is

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Madison Thomson a forester with The Conservation Fund measure a Redwood tree in the Big River Forest near Fort Bragg, California

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California's carbon offsetting may actually be increasing emissions

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Logged forest

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Tropical forests ravaged by logging can still have thriving ecosystems

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Aerial view of dead spruce trees in forest

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The heat and drought in Europe will lead to a huge wave of tree deaths

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Ariel view of off road tracks near Muriwai Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. Deforestation.

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Forests are becoming less resilient because of climate change

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Global forest destruction continues despite COP26 deforestation pledge

Satellite data shows 3.75 million hectares of tree cover, or 10 football pitches a minute, disappeared across primary tropical forests in 2021

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World would be 1°C warmer without cooling effect of tropical forests

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Foam made from algae and tree bark acts as good forest camouflage

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There may be 9200 more tree species in the world than we thought

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Trees are dying at increasing rates in forests across Europe

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