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Recent articles from a wide variety of News sources that may be of interest to the IRG membership and other readers.

New items will be added to the top of the list bimonthly (every two months) and older items will be archived below.
  

Most Recent:

For the first time in history, scientists have found amber fragments in Antarctica, at a depth of 946 meters

Early Humans Built Wooden Structures Far Earlier Than Thought

Scientists Create New Timber Treatments from Tree Bark

Researchers launch world's first solid-wood spacecraft — here's how it could solve a major issue with space travel

Reducing Abdominal Fat: Researchers Uncover Surprising Health Benefits of Maple Syrup

Glow-in-the-dark wood passively lights homes or parks

Melting permafrost makes 'drunken forests' store less carbon

World's oldest wooden structure discovery rewrites human history

NASA Images Reveal 'Ghost Forests' in Florida

Margo Martindale ‘howled with laughter’ when learning of maple syrup heist that inspired ‘The Sticky’

Real or plastic, which Christmas tree is greener?

Antarctic Scientists Ditch Plastic Buoys for Wood to Save Oceans

Study Overturns Long-Standing Common Assumption About Biodiversity

30 Billion Reasons Why America Must Fix Timber Pole Network!

In the Arctic, planting more trees actually makes the world warmer

New biochar technology sequesters wood-burning CO2

How Mass Timber Could Revolutionize Construction in NYC

Japan's wooden satellite exits International Space Station

Construction workers in Denver discover wooden pipe

High profile chemistry journal removed from Web of Science index

Major study reveals plants now absorbing 30% more CO2 worldwide

Sweden is Building the World’s Largest City Made Entirely From Timber

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Archived:

In Fiji wood treatment is a matter of national interest as termites spread

World's oldest termite colony

Scientists make remarkable discovery after examining nearly 4,000-year-old buried wood: 'In practice, it can be incorporated into a sustainable forest management plan'

Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?

Biotech Breakthrough: Trees Engineered to Replace Fossil Fuels

GMOs could reboot chestnut trees

In California, Wildfire Crisis Has Sparked a New Wood Waste Economy

Invasive tree logs show promise for mushroom production

Scientists Were Wrong: Plants Absorb 31% More CO2 Than Previously Thought

New Science Could Save the Maple Syrup Industry From a Sticky Situation

Microsoft claims timber-built datacenters can reduce its carbon footprint by up to 65%

Haunting Spread of “Ghost Forests” Along North Carolina’s Coast

Scientists find two tree species with potential to generate clean electricity

Forest Bathing: An Ancient Practice Validated by Modern Science

First wooden satellite launched into space

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