For decades, we believed that outside ice ages Europe was mostly covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans. Now, a new study shows that there was far more open and semi-open ...

For over 20 million years, the landscape of Europe has been a tree-rich mosaic of grasslands, scrubs and more or less open woodlands with an abundance of wildflowers. This is the conclusion of a new ...

NEW DELHI: India’s forest cover increased by merely 2.5% between 2010-11 and 2021-22 but the 'very dense forest' component of it grew by 22.7% during the period, indicating effective regeneration and ...

Scientists say reforestation and better forest management can provide 18 percent of climate change mitigation through 2030. But studies appear to be divided about whether it’s better to prioritize the ...