TREES HAVE STORIES to tell. Within their annual growth rings are records of drought and deluge, but scientists can also use them to reconstruct environmental pollution events. Tree rings can be used ...

Urban trees can help cut air pollution from New York to Beijing, but which trees do the best job? Future Planet weighs up the options. Cities usually come at the price of green space. Since ...

Trees can shield historical monuments and artwork from damage by air pollution, according to research at a villa built in Rome during the Italian Renaissance. Particulate matter emitted from car ...

Pollution is changing the fungi that provide mineral nutrients to tree roots, which could explain malnutrition trends in Europe's trees. A huge study of 13,000 soil samples across 20 European ...

As well as causing significant harm to human health, air pollution also stunts the growth of trees, one of the very elements that can attenuate this typically urban environmental problem. Researchers ...

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