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Ancient Log Shows Burying Wood Can Store Carbon

NFK Editors — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 06:30:01 +0000

In 2013, a group of researchers wanted to see if they could keep wood from breaking down by burying it underground. They thought it might help keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. As they started to dig, they discovered a 3,775-year-old log that proved their idea was a good one.

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Kenya Celebrates New Tree-Planting Holiday

NFK Editors — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:30:09 +0000

On Monday, people across Kenya took part in the country's first national tree-planting holiday. The holiday was created by Kenya's president, William Ruto, to encourage people to plant trees as part of a plan to fight the climate crisis.

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News Roundup: China Crash, School for Girls, & Tree of the Year

NFK Editors — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 06:30:34 +0000

In today's news roundup, China suffers its worst airplane crash since 2010, the Taliban breaks its promise to allow girls in Afghanistan to go to high school, and Russia's war on Ukraine affects even the European Tree of the Year award.

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US West’s ‘Megadrought’ is Worst in 1,200 Years

NFK Editors — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:30:20 +0000

The Western United States has been struggling with a serious drought for years. A new study shows that this "megadrought" is the most serious dry period to hit the area in 1,200 years. The report makes it clear that climate change has made the drought worse.

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Giant Trees Wrapped to Protect Against Wildfires

NFK Editors — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 06:30:16 +0000

Fire fighters have protected several massive sequoia trees in California by covering their bases with a foil-like wrap to protect them. In spite of the intense wildfires, fire fighters have so far been able to save some of the most famous of these trees.

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News Roundup: Ever Given, Baby Tortoises, & Cherry Blossoms

NFK Editors — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 06:30:48 +0000

In today's news roundup, the massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal gets unstuck, inspectors in Galapagos find a suitcase with 185 rare tortoises, and this year, Japan's cherry trees are fully blooming earlier than ever before.

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Guardian Pine Wins Tree of the Year Award

NFK Editors — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 06:30:23 +0000

A pine tree in the Czech Republic, known as the "Guardian of the Flooded Village", has won the European Tree of the Year contest. The goal of the contest is to encourage people to appreciate and protect trees.

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News Roundup: Typhoons, Stadium Forests, and Other News

NFK Editors — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 11:30:30 +0000

In today's news roundup, Typhoon Faxai hits Japan, Norway is struck with a mystery dog illness, an artist plants a forest in a soccer stadium, and a boy gets teased for a t-shirt he created, which goes on to be a best-seller.

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Ethiopia Plants 3.5 Million Trees

NFK Editors — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:30:51 +0000

On July 29, the government of Ethiopia said the country planted more than 350 million trees in 12 hours as part of a project called "Green Legacy". The government believes its tree-planting effort has set a world record.

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Fourth-Grader’s Idea Gets 1 Billion Trees Planted

NFK Editors — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:30:15 +0000

When Felix Finkbeiner was nine years old, he told his classmates, "Let's plant a million trees in every country of the world!" Now, 12 years later, his "Plant-for-the-Planet" project has planted over 1 billion trees.

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