Nature Geoscience - Accelerated forest losses

Europe-wide satellite data reveal disproportionate biomass losses following widespread droughts, windstorms and insect outbreaks in biomass-rich forests. The...

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Addition of silicate rock powder mitigates soil acidification in old oak forests

Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has caused widespread soil acidification in European forests, particularly on nutrient-poor sandy soils, reducing …

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Natural variation in PtoCPK3 governs drought tolerance by orchestrating xylem remodeling and lignin metabolism in Populus

The protein kinase PtoCPK3 regulates drought adaptation by lignin metabolism in Populus.

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Decoupled carbon assimilation and growth responses to aridity in temperate deciduous oaks

Long-term carbon sequestration as woody biomass in oaks is decoupled from photosynthesis and more sensitive to climate change.

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Forest management must shift from profit to prevention - Communications Sustainability

Canada’s forest disturbance costs have been rising quickly. This Comment proposes that silviculture must be reframed as a risk mitigation tool under an ‘avoided costs’ framework, as proactive investme...

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Joint Call 2026

Pre-announcement of a first FOREST Joint Call for proposals in 2026 FORESTPathways Building Knowledge and Solutions for Resilient Forests and Sustainable Forest-Based Futures The European Partnership ...

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L’ONF coupe-t-il trop d’arbres ? En Ile-de-France, les citoyens de plus en plus vigilants et mobilisés contre les pratiques des forestiers

Dans un contexte de réchauffement et de perte de biodiversité, des associations réclament une baisse des prélèvements de bois. L’Office national des forêts défend la nécessité des coupes et trouve ces...

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Tree community resource economics control soil food web multifunctionality - Nature

Plant community properties affect ecosystem functioning via energy fluxes in food webs, with the leaf and root resource economics of dominant tree species controlling soil food web multifunctionality.

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Contrasting thermophilization among forests, grasslands and alpine summits - Nature

Analyses of large-scale, multitaxa and long-term thermophilization patterns in forests, grasslands and alpine summits across Europe provide insight into shifts in community composition among different...

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Cascading wood use into bioenergy with carbon capture and storage ensures continuous and enduring temperature reduction - Communications Earth & Environment

Using wood in cascading applications provides stronger near-term cooling benefits through material substitution than sending it directly to bioenergy, while also offering temporary carbon storage acco...

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Strengthened resource limitation driven by accelerated microbial growth dampens response to elevated CO2 in a mature forest - Communications Earth & Environment

A fast-growing microbial community under elevated CO2 exacerbates microbial carbon and phosphorous limitation, intensifying plant-microbe competition and weakening carbon sequestration in mature fores...

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Counting trees together in the EU

The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU), has long sought to improve the monitoring of one of Europe’s critical resources, its forests. Forests and the pressures they fac...

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Climate change will increase forest disturbances in Europe throughout the 21st century

Wildfires, insect outbreaks, and storms cause large pulses of tree mortality. Climate change amplifies these forest disturbances, yet their future magnitude and extent remain uncertain. Here, we simul...

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XyloDensMap: a georeferenced dataset for the wood density of 110,000 trees from 156 European species in France - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - XyloDensMap: a georeferenced dataset for the wood density of 110,000 trees from 156 European species in France

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Inscription séminaire du 27 Mars sur les risques liés aux tiques : connaissances scientifiques, prévention et recommandations.

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Human pressure and biodiversity modify forest resilience after extreme multi-year droughts - Nature Ecology & Evolution

This study reported widespread declines in resilience after multi-year droughts and showed that biodiversity and climate strongly shape forest resilience after multi-year droughts, but human footprint...

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How ‘forest bathing’ keeps lungs healthy

Wooded environments release organic compounds that seem to improve respiratory health, but the magnitude and mechanism of the effect remains unclear.

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Amazon forest nutrient limitation is mitigated by distant fire emissions - Nature Geoscience

The transport of aerosols from distant fires in deforested and savannah regions supplies phosphorus to undisturbed Amazon rainforests and influences their productivity, according to modelled phosphoru...

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Tree bark microbes for climate management

Microbes living in bark can process the greenhouse gases methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide

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Bark microbiota modulate climate-active gas fluxes in Australian forests

Recent studies suggest that microbes inhabit tree bark, yet little is known about their identities, functions, and environmental roles. Here we reveal, through gene-centric and genome-resolved metagen...

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Canadian net forest CO2 uptake enhanced by heat drought via reduced respiration - Nature Geoscience

The extreme hot and dry conditions of 2023 reduced soil respiration and enhanced net forest carbon sequestration in Canada, offsetting wildfire emissions, according to satellite-based and in situ obse...

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Nos forêts envoient du bois

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Pourquoi la valeur économique de la forêt française est largement sous-estimée

Le Conseil d’analyse économique dévoile une méthode permettant d’estimer le prix des multiples services rendus par la forêt, comme le rôle de puits de carbone ou la protection de la biodiversité. Ces ...

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Expanding forest research with terrestrial LiDAR technology - Nature Communications

This Review highlights how terrestrial laser scanning is transforming forest research by enabling highly detailed 3D measurements of trees, supporting applications in forest ecology, carbon monitoring, and biodiversity assessment.

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Plasticity of symbiotroph-saprotroph lifestyles of Piloderma croceum associated with Quercus robur L. - Communications Biology

Evidence is provided for plasticity between symbiotrophic and saprotrophic lifestyles of the ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungus Piloderma croceum associated with Quercus robur L., indicating a role for deadw...

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Climate differentially impacts ticks infected and uninfected with Borrelia burgdorferi

Climate parameters show negative correlations with B. burgdorferi infection prevalence but low impact on uninfected tick density.

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Biodiversity-friendly landscapes: A paradox for conservation?

Biodiversity-friendly landscapes help prevent species loss in farmland by inhibiting more than facilitating global change winners.

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Pantropical tree rings show small effects of drought on stem growth

Increasing drought pressure under anthropogenic climate change may jeopardize the potential of tropical forests to capture carbon in woody biomass and act as a long-term carbon dioxide sink. To evalua...

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