Human activity results in the loss of approximately 40,000 square miles of forest per year. Meanwhile, our ability to regenerate lost trees and ecosystems through reforestation programs is lagging at a rate of approximately 13,500 square miles per year. Most of the for...

In a recent study Crowther, et. al. finds that scientists underestimate the number of trees on earth and that the new estimate, obtained using ground-based sensors rather than satellite imagery, is exceedingly higher than previously thought. Using over 400,000 ground-b...

Today, many hectares of wasteland have been created as a result of open-pit mining, especially in tropical areas. Once a mine has exhausted the commercially valuable minerals, it is often necessary to implement some form of water control in an effort to prevent the aba...