Jim Searing

New study finds forest soils accumulating microplastics at a high rate since 1950s when plastics started proliferating earth.com/news/plastic-r…

Texas A&M Researchers Find New Defenses Against Hard-To-Treat Tree Diseases--Spinach Defensins stories.tamu.edu/news/2025/05/0…

‘A living collective’: study shows trees synchronise electrical signals during a solar eclipse theconversation.com/a-living-colle…

Scientists identify a new tree species - Tessmannia princeps - a member of the Fabaceae family, in Tanzania. The tree can grow to 130', almost 9' in diameter with a lifespan of 2,000-3,000 years. thedebrief.org/scientists-hav…

Trees might need more help to survive climate change challenges, CSU study finds warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/tree-ranges-co…

Extreme measures: Screening to protect Florida orange trees under siege from citrus greening wtsp.com/article/tech/s…

Farm to Forest Carbon Removal Attracting More Investment esgtoday.com/chestnut-raise…

A selection of Oak buds from Eastern North America Source: Feral Foraging

Tree Coverage Linked to Lower Incidence of Six Cardiovascular Conditions - InventUM news.med.miami.edu/residential-bl…

Forgotten Woodlands / Coilltean Caillte: an online map of 15,000 Scottish place names that suggest the presence of woodland storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9b790d…

Trees reveal a climate surprise—their bark removes methane from the atmosphere – The NAU Review news.nau.edu/tree-bark-rese…

Where the quest to develop a blight resistant GMO American chestnut went wrong. Kate Morgan's insightful article in New York Magazine reveals new details. #TACF #science #integrity nymag.com/intelligencer/…

~470,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in the US. When it comes to ticks, what you don’t know CAN hurt you. Here’s 7 tips that’ll keep you safe from these tiny parasites and their diseases: [A Thread]

American Chestnut: the Struggle to Save the ‘Redwood of the East’ | via Worldmagazine #TACF worldmagazine.it/1118911/

A village in Germany whose houses are built on giant blocks that look like tree stumps

Brown bears confounding restoration efforts by digging up artificial forests. University of Tokyo scientists find that bears seeking cicada nymphs damaged tree roots and altered the soil nitrogen content which limits diameter growth of trees. #Forests u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press…

New website Explore Fall for tracking fall color change explorefall.com

Why the loss of an iconic tree, such as Sycamore Gap, or even one nearer to home, elicits grief from so many people. theconversation.com/it-wasnt-just-…

In Japan,distillers are gearing up to produce Tree Sake after discovering new ways to extract sugars from wood mainichi.jp/english/articl…