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For 1st Time, Fires Are Biggest Threat to Forests’ Climate-Fighting Superpower

Forests play a major role pulling planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. As the world heats up, some forests are becoming emitters in their own right.

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A wildfire in an area of National Forest Brasília in Brazil last September.
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New Global Atlas Highlights Surprising Hot Spots of Fungal Biodiversity

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet.

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Russula, a species of fungus, growing in the forest near Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park during a 2022 expedition surveying fungi by the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks.
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Men Who Cut Down Beloved Tree in England Get More Than 4 Years in Prison

The tree, a landmark that stood by Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, was found illegally cut down in 2023.

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