As global temperatures rise, trees in colder areas are benefiting from an extended growing season. A longer growing season results in thicker growth rings and, as a result, higher overall wood ...

Imagine making one change to a farm field so that as well as producing food, it also generated building materials, fuel and fodder. At the same time, this change would nourish the health of the soil, ...

The Berkeley Wood Lab’s research on mass timber production has the potential to improve California’s sustainability by sourcing from local forests. The lab is collaborating with Northern Californian ...

Two genome-edited poplar trees on the right, and one wild-type tree on the left. Credit: University of Maryland Trees play a big role in the fight against climate change: They can soak up carbon ...

Decades worth of work from tree geneticists are now colliding with AI and multiplex CRISPR to overcome a major barrier to the sustainable production of wood fibers while improving wood properties.