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If Left to Regrow, Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Could Recover Faster and Store More Carbon Cheaper Than Tree Planting

[ad_1] Several small examples of natural reforestation in Ireland and the United Kingdom, two nations interested in restoring past versions of their ecosystems, show the breadth of success one can have if you simply let nature take its course. RELATED: 150 brands come together to clean up our paper supply: save the world’s forests and…

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Stories or Music Can Synchronize the Heartbeats of Everyone Listening into a Single Rhythm

[ad_1] Long ago, before Guttenberg’s printing press, before the Chinese invented parchment paper, before clay tablets and papyrus, humans transmitted information through stories. It turns out that those thousands of years of narrative tradition may have altered our own biology, like a new article published in Cell reveals that narrative stimuli, ie “Once upon a…

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Firefighters Have Been Winning the Battle To Protect Sequoia’s Giant Trees

[ad_1] EPA Experts in fire suppression, contingency planning, and gallons and gallons of water mean the giant redwood stands in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains appear to be safe for future generations. On September 9, the “Windy Fire,” which started with lightning, burned 25,000 acres in Peyrone Sequoia Grove and Red Hill Grove before converging on…