China’s vast tree-planting campaigns have not only greened deserts and hillsides, they have also altered how water moves through the country’s air, soil and rivers. By turning bare land into forest at ...

In June 2023, I hugged a tree. It wasn’t a special tree, and I didn’t hug it to save it or to make a political statement. I don’t even remember what kind of tree it was, just that it was on the campus ...

A new study shows China's decades-long reforestation projects, including the Great Green Wall, have altered the country's hydrology. Increased vegetation has boosted evaporation and transpiration, ...

China’s tree nut consumption is surging and pistachios from U.S. growers — that means California farmers — have emerged as one of the top options. The U.S. supplied 90,675 metric tons of pistachios to ...

The idea is to squeal if you see it. Hundreds of us crowd the “tree that looks like an elephant,” squinting, tilting heads. A cry attracts a crush of butting bodies and cameras, trying to steal the ...