The city of Veliky Novgorod in northwestern Russia is known for its unique ancient letters written on birch bark. They are dated back to the 11th-15th centuries. One of the latest discoveries is a ...

Walking along the banks of a river, through a young forest, or along a city street, there is a tree that stands out from the rest. At first glance it might appear to be just another paper birch, but ...

“How do we keep people safe from extreme heat in an age of ever-increasing temperatures? One solution may be right in front of us: we need to plant more trees in the most heat-vulnerable areas and ...

"We're entering into unprecedented extremes, longer heat waves, hotter heatwaves, more frequent heatwaves," said Edith de Guzman, a researcher for the UCLA Cooperative Extension. "Trees are not ...

At The Birch, in Terrace Park, well-heeled men in golf shirts and women in tennis dresses dine in a bright white dining room as a hard rain comes crashing down outside. On a TV mounted above the ...

Will Johnston, Davey Tree: Well, trees, just like us, really don’t like the heat, especially that 100 degree weather we had. But unlike us, they can’t go inside and soak up the AC. The main ...

(KOIN) — Portland enters triple-digits Thursday as a last hurrah of summer heat. But you may ... find the most shade from trees on the west side of the Willamette River, with an average canopy ...

Keller, a professor of the history of medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and author of "Fatal Isolation: The Devastating Paris Heat Wave of 2003." Trees losing their limbs is ...

Moviefone speaks with Liev Schreiber about 'Across the River and into the Trees'. "I had only read the basic high school Hemingway," he admitted. Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking ...

"The trees that we plant help soak up the groundwater, help prevent flooding in our communities, also provide some cover of shade to help reduce the urban heat island effect Louisville suffers ...