Trees are essential to our survival—from making oxygen so we can breathe, to cooling urban environments, to literally holding the ground together to prevent erosion, trees do so much for us—there ...

New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical ...

As more than half of the United States braces for a powerful winter storm, some meteorologists are warning on social media that “exploding trees” are possible.

It’s a windy day at St. Edward’s University, and although it’s only 53 degrees with freezing temperatures on the way, the sun is shining and spirits are high. About 50 people gather around a plot of ...

Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by ...

“Imagine a computation that produces a new bit of information in every step, based on the bits that it has computed so far. Over t steps of time, it may generate up to t new bits of information in ...

Nicola Dell, a computer scientist studying the role of technology in intimate partner violence, cofounded the Center to End ...

Researchers find that microbes on tree bark can alter greenhouse and toxic gases, shaping climate and air quality beyond ...

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Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. The Christmas tree feels like a tradition from time immemorial—and in some ways it is.

LINCOLN — After learning about the elements of the periodic table, sophomore honors chemistry students in Ms. Shelby Reynolds’ class at Lincoln High School put a festive spin on their scientific ...

It's the time of year when living rooms fill with the scent of pine and the annual challenge begins to keep Christmas trees looking their best throughout the holiday season. But when it comes to tree ...