Trees

Indigenous youth find a way to preserve ancestral lands through conservation group

Emma VandenEinde

The land and its waterways have long been sacred to Indigenous people, and they know how to care for it well. Now, some conservation groups are recruiting Indigenous youth to restore and protect these areas.

Trees inside the Valles Caldera National Preserve near Joaquin Mesa in Los Alamos, N.M. on June 21, 2023. The USDA report predicts that over time, forests will not be able to hold onto as much carbon and that absorption ability will continue to plateau.

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Trees are not the carbon bank they used to be, report finds

Emma VandenEinde

New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that trees are losing their ability to absorb carbon, which could worsen global warming in the future.

A logger guides a log along a piece of equipment that cuts the logs into boards at the Walatowa Timber Industries in Jemez Pueblo, N.M., on June 22, 2023. Forests 鈥� especially younger trees 鈥� can grow back quickly and take lots of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but harvesting is even quicker and slows down the process.

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Logging contributes large amounts of carbon dioxide to atmosphere, study finds

Emma VandenEinde

Trees are often viewed as a climate solution, as they suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Research also shows that logging pollutes more than previously thought.