Articles by Gabriel Popkin

Climate change may cause trees to live faster and die younger, releasing their carbon into the atmosphere.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Surprisingly, it’s the trees, not the bugs, that matter.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
New research adds to the worry that soil microbes will make climate change worse.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Critical ecosystem’s first global height measurement could aid climate change fight.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Changing weather and planting practices in recent decades have led to increased corn yields, but whether the findings will apply to other crops and regions remains unknown.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Satellite images reveal widespread forest growth, but new trees won’t halt climate change and biodiversity loss.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Interplay between forests and the atmosphere leads to surprising relationships between distant regions.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Ambitious plan aims to keep waste out of rivers without massive new pipes.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Study shows that climate-skeptic bloggers often use limited disagreements to cast doubt on the big picture.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Flowering throughout the calendar could help tropical trees evade competitors.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Physicists discover the universe’s most violent vortices inside the exotic state of matter.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor
Ecologists propose using animal song to measure forest health.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor