Washington City Paper

The Shade Gap: How Development Is Taking a Toll on D.C.’s Tree Canopy, Putting Human Health At Risk

This story was supported by Spotlight DC and a seed grant from the Fund for Investigative Reporting. The story was reported by participants in Hola Cultura’s Storytelling Program for Experiential ...
The Spokesman-Review

This tree survived the last ice age. It’s now threatened by development

JURUPA VALLEY, CALIF. – At first glance, one of the world’s oldest living organisms doesn’t look like much – a collection of shrubs nestled atop a hill in a rocky gully. But those shrubs are just the ...
The Daily Princetonian

Soyinka discusses the literal and metaphorical role of trees in human history

Trees have played an intimate and even dynamic role in the development of human history, especially on the African continent, said Wole Soyinka in a lecture on Monday. Soyinka, who is from Nigeria, ...
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Five ingenious things trees do that human designers can learn from

Tasmania's mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) is the world's tallest flowering plant. It can grow 100 meters tall and live for more than 600 years. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...
Seattle Magazine

The Struggle to Save Seattle’s Urban Trees in the Face of Development

When University of Washington social scientist Kathleen Wolf, Ph.D., needs a break, she rides her bike through the gardens of Ballard’s Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, often ending up at the Washington ...