Trees are essential to life on Earth. They support ecosystems, store carbon, provide clean water, improve our health, and offer countless benefits to people and nature. In a new study, researchers modeled the future climate exposure (areas where trees will experience conditions they have never faced before) of more than 32,000 tree species worldwide. Their findings reveal that many trees will face conditions far outside what they currently experience—especially under high greenhouse gas emission scenarios.

A first-of-its-kind inventory of post-fire water quality across the Western U.S., finds that contaminants and degradation persist for years following wildfires.