Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...

Declining snow accumulation in the mountains of the northeastern U.S. will likely reduce the ability of forests to act as a ...

We normally think of trees as being good for the environment. But in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, they're heating up the earth as woodlands take over grasslands. It’s Environment 101 ...

Kansas City has committed to planting 10,000 trees in three years. But the city's existing tree canopy is relatively old and under stress by climate change and other factors.

Trees warm the planet in places where they reduce the ground’s reflectivity — including much of Kansas — and don’t capture enough carbon to offset it.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Overnight thunderstorms left parts of the metro with downed trees and power outages, and there is another chance for storms later Wednesday. Street crews with the city of ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The invasive Callery (Bradford) pear trees are now in full bloom, but a buyback on the trees won’t happen this spring. The Kansas Forest Service says the program will ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City leaders say they’re determined to plant more trees to increase the city’s tree canopy. The fiscal year 2023-2024 budget includes $1 million to add 10,000 trees ...

First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson promoted the Bradford pear in 1966 by planting one in downtown Washington, D.C. Bradford pears were bred as "city trees," and have been used to adorn urban ...

According to Phillips, a fix that could help the pear tree issue would be to plant more trees that are native to the Kansas environment. “They do the best here and are suited to our climate.

Kansas may face 30 more days yearly of high wildfire risk as its climate changes Harvest Public Media | By Celia Llopis-Jepsen Published January 8, 2024 at 8:52 AM CST ...