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In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl devastated America but Franklin D. Roosevelt's massive tree-planting project is still protecting US farmland nearly 90 years laterThe Dust Bowl is one of the worst environmental disasters in American history, but it also sparked one of the country's largest conservatio...- An American gambler spent $90 million buying 54,000 acres of logged Florida land; 8 million longleaf pines later, a lost forest is returningM.C. Davis transformed 54,000 acres of Florida Panhandle land into a longleaf pine forest. This ecosystem, once widespread, had nearly vani...
- In 1869, a French entomologist breeding European moths for an American silk industry let some escape; their descendants defoliated entire forestsAn amateur entomologist's escaped moths in 1869 led to widespread forest defoliation across America. This invasive insect has since damaged...
- In 1935, the United States began planting 220 million trees from Texas to Canada to stop the Dust Bowl, creating 18,600 miles of living windbreaks by 1942Giant dust storms ravaged the American Great Plains during the 1930s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated a massive tree planting pro...
- In 1971, an Apollo 14 astronaut carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon, and most Americans have no idea they are walking past them every dayAstronaut Stuart Roosa carried tree seeds around the Moon on Apollo 14, a mission that unexpectedly led to the creation of "Moon Trees." De...
- As US wildfires rage, Trump staff cuts force firefighters to clean toilets, critics sayUS Forest Service faces criticism. Current and former employees claim staff shortages due to Trump administration cuts. Firefighters in Ore...
- Nearly 10,000 fired as Trump, Musk step up assault on US agenciesPresident Trump and advisor Elon Musk are drastically cutting back the U.S. federal workforce, with over 9,500 workers across various depar...
- Delhi HC asks Niti Aayog committee to expedite process on integrative medicine policyThe Delhi High Court has asked a Niti Aayog committee to expedite the process of formulating a policy on an integrated medical system that ...
- How forest ecosystems adapt to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphereA study from researchers in KIT has revealed that while carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere increases, forests enhance their wat...
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