UMaine Researchers Studying How to Manage Spruce Forests in Face of Intensifying Heat, Drought

UMaine researchers studying how to manage spruce forests in face of intensifying heat, drought

Much of Maine's coast hosted shady stands of red spruce before it was heavily harvested and succeeded by sun-tolerant species like oak and aspen.

How Will Maine's Coastal Spruce Forests Handle Climate Change?

How will Maine’s coastal spruce forests handle climate change?

This story appears as part of a collaboration to strengthen investigative journalism in Maine between the BDN and The Maine Monitor. Read more about the partnership. As a cadre of Maine foresters and ecologists shuffled down the sun-baked roads of Surry Forest on Wednesday they were faced with the same sweltering heat they are trying to prepare Maine’s coastal forests for in the face of climate change. Like much of Maine’s coast, this 2,100-acre…

Climate change: Group plants 100,000 trees in Jigawa - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

Partnership for Development Action (PADAC) Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has begun planting of 100,000 tree seedlings to mitigate climate change in Jigawa State. Tree planting PADAC is a focal group of the Agro-Climate Reselliance in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL), implementing tree planting campaign in the state. Its Executive Director, Aisha Muhammad, said this during the inauguration of the 2025 tree planting campaign, on Thur…