Mapping the world's forests, said to include some 1.5 trillion trees, is a big, big job—one that will be made a whole lot ...

State and federal officials say Michigan faces a combination of drought and fire dangers, mainly in the state's Lower Peninsula. The majority of Michigan's Lower Peninsula is currently at a high risk ...

The executive action weakens environmental review and public input in favor of industrial-scale tree cutting—despite science showing it won’t stop wildfires.

ESA launches Biomass satellite with a massive radar umbrella to revolutionize forest carbon tracking from space. Its usefulness goes beyond that.

This story is part of a Grist package examining how President Trump's first 100 days in office have reshaped climate and ...

Scientists say the radar will paint the first detailed global map of forests’ biomass, which is crucial for sucking up carbon ...

In order to understand climate change, the ESA has successfully launched its groundbreaking Biomass satellite from Kourou, ...

A wildlife corridor is a strip of habitat that wildlife can use to get from one natural area to another. In 2015, local ...

Though fire risk is generally lower in the eastern U.S. than out west, Georgia's national forest lands are not immune to ...

On April 3, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, citing an emergency caused by "uncharacteristically severe wildfires, insect ...

The city of Abilene recently received a report from the Kansas Forest Service about all the trees in the city’s right of ways, parks and downtown areas. The report covers a range of topics from the ...

A national strategy to increase timber production and use emergency authorities to protect forests from fire, insects and ...