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Keeping tabs on native woodland vegetation in times of flood and drought
Like farmland in Australia, native forests struggle with drought and flooding, so future management decisions need more ...
A balanced combination of sufficient light and stable forest microclimate could be key to oak regeneration
The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the ...
Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise
They are ghost forests: the haunting remains of what were once stands of cedar and pine. Since the late 19th century, an ever ...
Flooding threatens millions of Americans, yet many keep building homes in floodplains
An estimated 40 million Americans live in floodplains, facing a risk of catastrophic flooding that puts them and their homes ...
Government, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council commit millions to protect Whirinaki from floods
Photo / Warren Buckland The plan will protect Pan Pac Forest Products’ mill at Whirinaki and see 46 homes that were inundated ...
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“A complete gut": An oral history of Hurricane Milton’s fury and flooding in Forest Hills
Within hours, a neighborhood that was not in a flood zone was inundated with stormwater and sewage. Kathy Kaestner, Forest Hills Resident: “After Hurricane Milton, Forest Hills looked like a ...