Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. People around the world are adorning homes and businesses with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at a news conference on Tuesday. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “We need to manage our forests better so ...

Trees and plants have naturally migrated for millennia, but in order to keep up with climate change, scientists with the U.S. Forest Service say that migration needs to happen 10 times faster.

As Oregon gets hotter and drier due to climate change, tree-killing invasive pests that prefer warmer temperatures are thriving — endangering Sitka spruce along the coast, firs in the mountains and ...

A new study highlights just how much climate change is affecting our trees. According to new research, which was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the ...

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NAIROBI, KENYA - MAY 10: Residents of Dagoreti Constituency take part in tree planting at Ndurarua Primary School on May 10, 2024 in the Dagoretti area of Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyans today from Dagoretti ...

SEATTLE — As the driest summer in Seattle’s record books ended, trees across the city were sounding silent alarms. It was the latest in a string of Seattle summers in the last decade, including a ...

This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to ...

THIS IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE CHRISTMAS TREE LOT. AND THAT’S BECAUSE EACH OF THESE CHRISTMAS TREES REPRESENTS OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCES FOR A YOUNG PERSON IN SOUTH BALTIMORE. I THINK WHEN YOU BUY THIS TREE ...

WASHINGTON — Trees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavement and buildings in the world's cities, but they're not doing enough cooling in hotter, poorer cities where it's needed the ...