As we hang far above the ground on a sunny October day, it would be easy to focus on the blue crests of hills and the small towns tucked in between. But Richard Peters, who’s with me inside a metal ...

Like all living things, trees have a limited life cycle, with phases of youth, maturity, and old age. In their prime, trees provide shade, coolness and environmental quality—as well as an undeniable ...

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This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful treasures. Sign up here. Trees can seem like timeless beings.

Trees are usually seen as climate heroes. But across the Plains states, "woody encroachment" is crowding out the prairie.

The rise in tree mortality is troubling for local forest ecosystems. As a global phenomenon, however, it has a significant social impact that remains poorly understood. "We don't currently know ...

The Watterson Expressway, also known as Interstate 264, is eight lanes wide where it cuts through the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, and for a long time, the only thing separating the area’s ...

While real Christmas trees are nostalgic and have a pleasant perfume, they’re also messy, can be expensive to buy year after year and may become a fire hazard. However, the best artificial Christmas ...

One cold afternoon in the autumn of 2018, in a forest outside the tiny village of Hümmel, in Rhineland-Palatinate, I went for a walk with the German forester Peter Wohlleben. He’s a tall man with a ...

Like all living things, trees have a limited life cycle, with phases of youth, maturity, and old age. In their prime, trees provide shade, coolness and environmental quality – as well as an undeniable ...