“The solutions to today’s complex problems are embarrassingly simple,” says Tony Rinaudo, the Australian agronomist who named a natural process he saw decades ago in Niger. He discovered that the stumps all over the landscape were actually the tops of...

“The solutions to today’s complex problems are embarrassingly simple,” says Tony Rinaudo, the Australian agronomist who named a natural process he saw decades ago in Niger. He discovered that the stumps all over the landscape were actually the tops of...

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The article presents the results of assessing the success of natural forest restoration of Scots pine in areas affected by crown fires in the conditions of the sharply continental climate of the steppes.

There are only a few scientists who have in recent decades changed the way we view the natural world. Perhaps not coincidentally, most of them are women. One thinks of Jane Goodall, whose landmark study of chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park demonstrated that chimps possess distinctive personalities and rich emotional lives, and form hierarchical societies not unlike our own. Marine biologist Rachel Carson sounded the alarm about the dangers posed by the pesticide DDT and other synthetic chemicals to the fragile web of life on Earth. And microbiologist Lynn Margulis helped develop the Gaia hypothesis, which posits that the Earth can be viewed as a single self-regulating organism. The planet is a complex entity whose living and inorganic elements are interdependent, and whose life-forms actively modify the environment to maintain the most hospitable conditions for flourishing. Suzanne Simard is another researcher in this paradigm-bending mold. What Simard shares with her pioneering sister scientists is the conviction that humans are not separate from nature, but integral participants in life’s unfolding drama. This is the perspective she shares in her new book, “When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World,” which combines personal memoir with descriptions of...

Regenerating forests typically absorb small amounts of methane but release enough nitrous oxide to create a net warming effect from these two gases combined Carbon dioxide absorbed by growing trees far outweighs this warming effect in most ecosystems—even after 100...

From an initial search result of 12,380 articles collated from the bibliographic databases, we found 102 articles to include in the review after removing duplicates and conducting the screening (Fig. 1). However, 23 articles had to be removed after critical...

Forests cover approximately 31% of the Earth’s land area. They serve as critical habitats for the majority of terrestrial organisms. Natural regeneration is the main method for renewing forests. This process not only drives forest development but also plays a...

Whether natural or assisted, forest regeneration is crucial in addressing climate change. By absorbing and storing carbon dioxide, forests act as essential carbon sinks, helping to lower atmospheric greenhouse gas levels. Beyond climate regulation, regenerating forests support biodiversity, restore ecosystems,...

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