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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:

Researchers’ Bizarre New Way to Make Wood as Transparent as Glass!

Inside Japan's FOREST OF MONONOKE

Huge Trees Hiding in Plain Sight May Be a Species Totally New to Science

Scientists warn of species so gross it could trash Calif. home values

Study shows degradation changes a forest’s tree profile and its carbon storage

New way to store hydrogen using lignin jet fuel discovered

New wind turbines will test out the world’s longest wooden blades

Meet The World’s Most ‘Safeguarded’ Tree—A Jurassic Survivor Thought Extinct Until 1994

Scaling sustainable carbon fiber production: A breakthrough in lignin-based technology

'Climate plantations' strategy face hurdles: Study reveals limited carbon capture potential within safe limits

NZ’s Scion Hub Crowned World’s Most Iconic Build

Neither hydrogen nor electricity, but wood: Fuel of the future found in forests

Plants losing appetite for carbon dioxide amid effects of warming climate

World's oldest juniper shrub discovered in Finland—annual rings suggest it's 1,647 years old

Mycocycle transforms waste-to-value in partnership with nature. Bioinspired by fungi, waste materials are efficiently transformed into valuable low-carbon

Sawdust superpower: Wood waste battery retains 60% capacity after 10,000 cycles

Plants struggled for millions of years after the world's worst climate catastrophe

Artificial Photosynthesis: Scientists Crack Nature’s Code for Clean Energy

"Self-densified" wood could give metal a run for its money

New Super-Strong Wood to Rival Aluminum for Strength

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Recently Archived:

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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Previously 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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