Media Coverage
2022
New Research Reveals Forest Mitigation of Climate Change Is Overestimated | Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
Climate change may push North America’s forests to a ‘tipping point’ | Inverse
We must get a grip on forest science — before it’s too late | Nature editorial by Aisling Irwin
2021
Scientists reduce uncertainty in forest carbon storage calculations | Science Daily
2020
New study shows where we should grow more forest to fight climate change | Mongabay
Study highlights climate mitigation potential of encouraging Earth's forests to regenerate naturally | University of Oxford
Plant trees or let forests regrow? New studies probe two ways to fight climate change | Science
How the Revolutionary Thinker Alexander von Humboldt Helped to Create the Smithsonian | Smithsonian Magazine
Death of the giants: Forests getting shorter, younger, in Northwest and elsewhere | Seattle Times
Forests Are Getting Shorter and Younger All Over the World | Smithsonian Magazine
Climate Change And Deforestation Mean Earth's Trees Are Younger And Shorter | NPR
More on world's forests getting younger, shorter (McDowell et al. 2020): CNBC | Daily Californian
The grand old trees of the world are dying, leaving forests younger and shorter | National Geographic
Decades of Tree Data Reveal Forests Under Attack | Smithsonian Magazine
Deadly imports: In one U.S. forest, 25% of tree loss caused by foreign pests and disease | Science
One in Four Tree Deaths in Blue Ridge Mountains Linked to Invasive Species | Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
New Research Identifies Carbon-Rich Lands That Are Essential to Avoiding Climate Catastrophe | Conservation International
2019
Intern Alyssa Terrell's work on tree mortality was highlighted at the Virginia Native Plant Society website
Yes, Tropical Forests Tragically Burned This Summer, but Here’s What You Can Do | Smithsonian Magazine
NACP Researcher Spotlight: Kristina J. Anderson–Teixeira, Ph.D.
Kristina Anderson-Teixeira awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers:
President's Prize (STRI story) | ForestGEO blog | SCBI news story | White House press release | AGU press release
2018
Inequality is normal: Dominance of the big trees | Science Daily
Climate change, wildfires transforming biodiversity hotspot in Northern California | United Press International
Warming future means more fire, fewer trees in western biodiversity hotspot | Science Daily
Using Mathematical Models to Save Forests | Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
Increasing tree mortality in a warming world | Science Daily
Ash Tree die-off focus of grant in Shenandoah National Park | National Park Service
2017
Coverage of our collaboration with "Adaptation/Migration in the Anthropocene" art exhibit: Washington Post Going Out Guide | National Zoo Video
Climate Changed | Medium
El Niño puede dañar resiliencia de bosques tropicales | SciDevNet
Smithsonian Scientists Examine Impact of High-Severity Fires on Conifer Forests | Smithsonian National Zoo
2016
A Beetle Invasion | Smithsonian National Zoo
Big Trees at Most Risk from Warming | Yale Climate Connections
2015
Big Trees First to Die in Severe Droughts | Climate Wire/ Scientific American
Are Harvard's Dying Hemlocks a Warning for Trees Everywhere? | National Geographic
2014
If trees could talk: Forest research network reveals global change effects | Smithsonian Newsdesk