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Scientists just cracked why some trees survive direct lightning strikes that kill their neighbors — and one tropical giant actually thrives on being hit

On Barro Colorado Island, a 15-square-kilometer patch of tropical forest in the middle of the Panama Canal, thunderstorms roll through with almost metronomic regularity. When lightning finds a target ...
Yahoo

Trees that survived L.A.'s wildfires are dying at alarming rate. Can they be saved?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Eaton fire destroyed thousands of homes while laying waste to a lush canopy of trees that shaded residents in Altadena.
Phys.org

Amazon could survive long-term drought but at a high cost, study suggests

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer world would exact a heavy toll, a study published in Nature Ecology and ...

A thousand years old and 20 storeys high: tracking down Taiwan’s tallest trees

The country’s biggest tree – named Heaven Sword of the Da’an River – is a carbon-storing behemoth hosting whole neighbourhoods of wildlife. But this and other giant trees are under threat ...
Mongabay

After controversy, Plant-for-the-Planet focuses on the trees

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Plant-for-the-Planet, a global forest restoration and youth empowerment initiative, oversees reforestation projects in Mexico, Spain and Ghana. The ...
Los Angeles Times

Trees that survived L.A.’s wildfires are dying at alarming rate. Can they be saved?

Roughly 20% of surviving street trees have disappeared from Pacific Palisades and Altadena since the January 2025 wildfires. Local advocates say needless removals and inadequate watering are ...