Forestry News

Asiful Alam stands with trees as a backdrop

Blown away by changes: Hurricanes that hit the South can have an effect on carbon

Note: This story is part of a special issue of The Warnell Log focused on carbon. The aftermath of a hurricane includes downed trees, damaged saplings, salt water intrusion—and a lot less carbon. That’s one calculation made by Warnell researcher Asiful Alam, a Ph.D. student (and M.S. graduate) who…
Andrew Carroll and Henry Morris stand among mass timber beams

Storage units: Mass timber buildings offer a carbon-friendly option for new commercial construction

Note: This story is part of a special issue of The Warnell Log focused on carbon. If you’re looking to store some carbon, wood-frame buildings will give you a big bang for your buck. This works great for houses—but can you scale that up to commercial buildings? Enter: Mass timber. Made from lumber…
A field after a stand of trees is cut.

Doing the math: Equations for calculating trees’ carbon amount

Note: This story is part of a special issue of The Warnell Log focused on carbon If you want to calculate the amount of carbon stored in a tree or in forests, Warnell researcher Dehai Zhao has you covered. For more than a decade, Zhao, a senior research scientist who specializes in statistics and…
Joe Dahlen pushes a board through a universal bending machine

Properties’ appraisal: Studying carbon sequestration through tree growth, density and chemistry

Note: This story is part of a special issue of The Warnell Log focused on carbon If you want to quantify carbon, what conversion equations or models do you use, and how do you quantify variability? That’s where Warnell associate professor Joe Dahlen comes in. Dahlen is the director of the Wood…
Faculty member Elizabeth King facilitates a workshop at Liberia’s Forestry Training Institute on soft skills in the forest industry.

Warnell faculty assist in $5M grant for forest conservation in Liberia

Nestled in the heart of West Africa’s rainforests, the Republic of Liberia holds a rich history in the region. It also is home to millions of acres of forests, some of the last remaining West African rainforests on the continent.   As the country recovers and rebuilds after more than a decade…

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