The largest national forest in the US spans 17 million acres and hides the world's biggest temperate rainforest

The biggest national forest in the United States is not defined by endless inland woodland but by a remarkable mix of ...
Alaska Dispatch News

As temperatures climb, Alaska's swelling trees gulp down water

POKER CREEK --On this south-facing hillside bathed in spring sunshine, trees are swelling like hot dogs. "They're all a little thicker than they were last week," Jessie Young says of the birch, aspen ...

Scientists: Trees hold El Niño, hurricane secrets

As the 2026 hurricane season proceeds and a strong El Niño disrupts weather patterns around the globe, the world’s trees will ...
The New York Times

Tree Lovers in the South Grieve Ice Storm’s Toll

The ice that fell during last month’s storm was unsparing: It decimated magnolias, oaks and other species in wealthy suburban enclaves, rural communities and urban parks. The ice that fell during last ...
WESA

Beneath Alaskan Wildfires, A Hidden Threat: Long-Frozen Carbon's Thaw

The Fish Creek Fire in Interior Alaska isn't much to look at. It's about 7,500 acres in size, sitting about an hour south of Fairbanks near the twisty Tanana River. The main fire front — the ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Rocks, roads and wilderness maintenance: 'Ghosts of Distant Trees' shifts the framing of mythical Alaska

‘I’ve tried and failed to be a cheerleader for the pure abstraction of wilderness,” Erica Watson writes in “Ghosts of Distant Trees,” her debut essay collection, “but I always find myself drawn back ...
Yahoo

Trees hold secrets of El Niño and hurricanes, scientists say

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the 2026 hurricane season proceeds and a strong El Niño disrupts weather patterns around the globe, the world's trees will be ...