Deforestation

Avocados are marketed as a superfood, but growing them for an expanding world market has turned a rural Mexican state into an unsustainable monoculture

Using forests to prop up carbon markets can lead to “perverse effects” on land management, such as cutting out local communities

Parts of the southeastern and central U.S. haven’t warmed as much as the rest of the country. Reforestation could be partially responsible for this “warming hole”

The overuse of dangerous pesticides in Brazil threatens public health and serves as a warning to the rest of the world about the dangers of science denial

The Amazon rain forest is in the middle of a record-breaking drought because of deforestation, El Niño and climate change

Lessons from how we tackled acid rain can be applied to our world today

When trees get too hot, energy production in their leaves breaks down

The U.S. Forest Service faces criticism for projecting that forests could become carbon emitters by 2070 instead of continuing as carbon sinks

A new USDA report finds forests could become a major emitter of carbon by 2070

Satellite monitoring of air quality could help reduce premature death from smoke exposure

Formerly “adjacent” wetlands in more than half of all states may be dredged or filled now that their federal protections have been stripped

World Biodiversity Day reminds us that the profound crises we confront are just different sides of the same coin