forests

When Western countries have a demand for wood for construction, for example, they will obtain it from countries where trees are still cut down for these purposes. Illustration: depositphotos.com

False environmental policy

Globalization allows for the rapid movement of goods, allowing rich countries to preserve their nature but at the cost of harming the nature of poor countries.
An image of a wild forest. Virgin forest in Brazil, Comte de Clarac, circa 1820. ©Creative Commons. Work at the Acervo da Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil

Is the wild forest truly virgin?

A new book by Dan Hendel reveals a surprising perspective on how forests have been shaped over generations of human activity.
The mobile phone can provide data to predict the development of forest fires. Credit: The Science website via DALEE. The image should not be seen as a scientific image

The mobile phones can warn of forest fires and extreme weather conditions

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A new study by Tel Aviv University found that the smart cell phones that are in the possession of each of us may help in collecting weather data (from the public) and in providing early warnings about weather conditions
The displaced people of the north. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil Stock

Neither in the city nor in the forest: on the meaning of the fires in the urban areas of the north

The effects of fires in the middle regions of Israel: threats to biological diversity and dangers to humans
Lightning storms over the jungle in Costa Rica. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The rainforests are in danger due to the reduction of thunderstorms

Deforestation in the Amazon may reduce the amount of thunderstorms and harm the rainforest that provides us with oxygen
Japanese researchers from Nagoya University have revealed new aspects of the interaction between mast plants or mass seeding plants, i.e. plants that spread their seeds at once like Sasa bamboo and field mice. Their research reveals that mouse behavior (which varies between species, and varies according to environmental conditions and seasons) plays a crucial role in seed dispersal and ecosystem health in forests, and challenges existing theories about seed storage and consumption. Credit: Reiko Matsushita

Scientists reveal fascinating connections between mice and a plant that blooms once in a hundred years

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Their findings highlight the importance of understanding the needs of both plants and animals to ensure the health of local ecosystems. They also overturn a previously held belief about how mice store
From the right: Dr. Yara Oppenheimer-Shanan and Dr. Tamir Klein. The race to the top

The bacteria that climbed a tall tree

ruined city Illustration: depositphotos.com

If humans become extinct, what will the earth look like a year later?

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What will happen to all our stuff? What will happen to our homes, our schools, our neighborhoods, our cities? Who will feed the dog? Who will cut the grass? Although this is a common theme in movies, shows
What is the connection between orchardists and forest fires? Orchard in Kfar Saba Park. Photo: Bonnie Sheinman, KKL-Junk Archives

Wood against the fire

Did you know that trees can be very effective in preventing fires? Yes yes, this is not a contradiction: in a new Israeli article it is suggested to use orchards as a tool against the spreading fire. How is this move possible and will we soon see
Using meticulous and detailed collection methods, a research team led by the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities was able to place the remains of fossilized apes, such as Morotopithecus, within detailed reconstructions of habitats. Credit: Corbin Rainbolt

Rewriting human evolution: Great apes lived in open habitats 10 million years earlier than expected

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Using rigorous and detailed collection methods, the researchers were able to place the remains of fossilized apes, such as Morotopithecus, in detailed reconstructions of habitats. Credit: Corbin Rainbolt
A mixed forest plot of carobs, oaks, pines and other trees near Beit Shemesh. The researchers are looking for symbiotic relationships between different species of fungi and trees

The disappearing mushroom

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A US Navy helicopter flies over a flooded Bangkok suburb, October 22, 2011. From Wikipedia

Climate, water, soil and climate change

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Toucan, in the wild. Photo: shutterstock

The future of forests: collapse or hope?

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Park ranger. Photo: shutterstock.com

listen to the forest to avoid damaging it

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British forest. Will the afforestation trend help curb climate change? Photo: Trần Anh Tuấn, Unsplash

The British plan to plant 50 million trees and create a huge forest in the north of England

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Illustration: pixabay.

This is how the drones plant

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The Sahel region, bordering the Sahara. The forest is greater than the sum of its trees. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Planting forests in Africa and Australia may cool the planet

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Ebola virus. Source: CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith.

Did you cut down a forest? Beware of Ebola

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Fishermen in the Amazon River, Brazil. Photo: Julio Pantoja / World Bank.

The need to protect forests and their inhabitants

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Following a visit to the forest where my mother hid: How did the Jews live before and during the Holocaust?

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Shelling pots in the tundra

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Deforestation in Finland. Photo: Taina Sohlman / Shutterstock.com

the disappearing forest

A lone tree in a forest of waste. Photo: shutterstock

They burn meat (and along the way also the forest)

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A forest in Croatia by the sea. Photo: shutterstock

Carbon dioxide absorption by European forests? No more

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Attempts to put out the fire in Carmel in December 2010 from the air. Photo: Israel Police

Woodland and forest management

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The focus of the fire on the first day near Asafia. A view from the University of Haifa. From Wikipedia

The restoration of the grove in Carmel

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Smoke over Haifa during the great fire in Carmel, December 2010. From Wikishare - Wikipedia

Prof. Ado Itzhaki, head of the Carmel Research Center at the University of Haifa: "We need to let nature do its thing"

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Rain forests in Tana - Ecuador

Environmental updates

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You can keep the trees and still see the forest

How do you protect nature and the safety of women in eastern Congo?

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Rain forest, from Wikipedia

Forests may contribute to climate warming

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Summary of the year 2008 on environmental issues

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