Beech forests in Europe are severely threatened by climate change, particularly in southern European countries, but also in central Europe. Models project severe beech growth declines over the next 70 ...

European beech trees more than 1,500 kilometers apart all drop their fruit at the same time in a grand synchronization event now linked to the summer solstice. Each summer, like clockwork, millions of ...

A scanning electron microscope reveals nematodes (highlighted in green) inside the spongy mesophyll of a European beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaf infected with beech leaf disease (BLD). Eggs are marked ...

Each summer, like clockwork, millions of beech trees throughout Europe sync up, tuning their reproductive physiology to one another. Within a matter of days, the trees produce all the seeds they’ll ...

More and more trees are suffering the consequences of decades of human-made climate change. The growth of the European beech has so far suffered decline mainly in southern Europe. European beech is ...

A new study published in Nature Plants has found that the summer solstice is a “starting gun” to synchronise beech tree reproduction across vast distances in Europe. An international research team ...

The nomination, which is the subject of this submission, represents an extension of the World Heritage property of the "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

TAUNTON — While it’s not exactly Fangorn Forest, Massachusetts is home to some pretty old trees, and one of the oldest might be right here in the city. In fact, Taunton might be home to what is ...

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