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Pellet power: Could biomass become a carbon-neutral fuel for heat and electricity?

Note: This story is part of a special issue of The Warnell Log focused on carbon. To best understand how woody biomass, such as wood pellets, can become a sustainable energy solution, you need to consider your perspective. As small trees and other woody debris are harvested, other trees are growing…
A lush cottonwood grove is nestled in a valley near the Grand Canyon.

From genes to ecosystems: Study links tree genetics to continental-scale biodiversity patterns

Detailed research effort will help inform reforestation efforts It’s easy to think of trees as part of the landscape. But what if the trees were the landscape? That’s what a new study by a researcher at the University of Georgia asks us to imagine. By considering each tree as a world that hosts…

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