The Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery recommends best practices that will set trees up for success in local landscapes.

Planting trees is often described as a simple way to deal with climate change. The idea is easy to understand. Trees take in carbon dioxide and store it. Forests also support wildlife and help ...

Keeping people in cities healthy, especially in poorer neighbourhoods, is challenging. One simple, effective and scientifically proven prescription for better health is planting more trees. The idea ...

Volunteers Olly De Almeida (left), Jordan Bordenave (right) and Rosemary White (far right) plant a tree in front of Tribble Condor's (center) house in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. The project was ...

The direct and indirect effects of afforestation on climate forcing at high latitudes and their relative magnitudes over the lifetime of a plantation. a, Plantation establishment disrupts the ...

Across much of the world, planting more trees means more carbon is stored, and global warming is reduced. That’s the thinking behind recent proposals to plant more trees in Alaska, Greenland and ...