ACTIVE OUTDOORS On a trip up two familiar Munros, John Davidson contemplates the changing face of a mountain set to become a ...

In 2023, nearly 12 million hectares, almost as big as Nicaragua, burned to ash, emitting a copious amount of carbon dioxide. We are also losing forest cover, which is making the planet hotter. Why are ...

In steep canyons, debris flows can carry large boulders that can cause “catastrophic” damage, while in low-gradient areas ...

The model can analyze data and create precise maps highlighting landslide-prone zones ... support vector machine, random forest, extremely randomized trees, gradient boosting, and extreme gradient ...

Enter the Cherohala Skyway, a 43-mile scenic route connecting Robbinsville, North Carolina to Tellico Plains, Tennessee that ...

By integrating NDFI with advanced machine learning models, such as random forest (RF), gradient boosting (GB), and AdaBoost, more accurate and timely flood susceptibility maps can be produced. This ...

For Virginia residents, Randy’s represents the best of local dining – a restaurant that could compete with any steakhouse in the country but happens to be in their backyard. For visitors, it offers a ...

A recent study published in National Science Review challenges the traditional emphasis on trees in forest ecology, revealing ...

The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials clarified ...

The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins placed nearly 113 million acres of forest — amounting to 59% of all federally managed ...