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Rising wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest combined with notoriously volatile timber pricing may lower forestland values by as much as 50% and persuade plantation owners to harvest trees much earlier than planned, a new analysis of Douglas-fir forests shows.

Much of the Midwest is experiencing drought due to very dry weather in the late summer and early fall.

The most sophisticated modelling to date forecasts that under the current global emissions pathway the Great Barrier Reef could lose most of its coral by the end of the century, but curbing climate change and strategic management will help coral resilience.

Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth’s climate during the last ice age — by breathing less efficiently.  

In just a few short years, artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from a futuristic computing concept to a major part of everyday life.