“How DNA is transforming the fight against illegal logging.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend notable features and essays by Jason Fagone and Alexandria Bordas, Jennifer Senior, Lachlan Summers, Lupita Limón Corrales, and Anna Wiener.
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An Unseen World: A Reading List about Fermentation
Ferments are found in every culture and cuisine on earth, and the history of their production is deeply interwoven with our own.
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Ikea’s Race for the Last of Europe’s Old-Growth Forest
More than half of Romania’s timber is illegally harvested. Since 2015, IKEA has been the company’s largest private landowner.
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Can We Move Our Forests in Time to Save Them?
“Trees have always migrated to survive. But now they need our help to avoid climate catastrophe.”
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The Intelligent Forest
“Ecosystems are similar to human societies — they’re built on relationships. The stronger those are, the more resilient the system.”
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The Farmer Trying to Save Italy’s Ancient Olive Trees
“A fast-spreading bacteria could cause an olive-oil apocalypse.”
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The Sickness That Stole the Trees
The quest to save the American chestnut tree.
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On Trees as Social Creatures and Fungi as the ‘Fabric of the Forest’
Trees were previously seen as individual and solitary organisms. But the research of Suzanne Simard shows otherwise.
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The Social Life of Forests
“Trees appear to communicate and cooperate through subterranean networks of fungi. What are they sharing with one another?”