CHEAT MOUNTAIN, W.Va. — Red spruce blanketed the mountains of West Virginia a century ago, before being decimated by the saw blade and acid rain from coal plants. Now they’re replacing the mines that ...

Remember acid rain? In the 1970s and ‘80s, scientists found that rain 100 times more acidic than normal was harming the mountain forests of New England and New York. The pollution was linked to fossil ...

Since the 1960s, scientists at the University of Vermont have been documenting the decline of red spruce trees, casualties of the damage caused by acid rain on northeastern forests. But now, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Years after New Englanders saw that acid rain caused by coal plants was killing red spruce trees, the trees are better. Researchers say the red spruce shows the positive impact of air pollution laws.

In the 1960s through the 1980s, pollution and acid rain devastated the red spruce population, killing 50 per cent of red spruce populations in some forests Author of the article: You can save this ...

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The U.S. Forest Service almost found the answer Wednesday to the age-old riddle, “If a 78-foot Christmas tree is felled live on Facebook and the sound is muted so no one can hear, does it still kick ...

Randolph County W.Va. — The vast area now known as West Virginia was once considered the frontier by pioneer settlers. The virgin forest that covered the mountains laid mostly undisturbed until the ...

When scientists found a resurgence of red spruce in northeastern forests, they had a lot of questions. Fifty years ago, red spruce was the equivalent of a canary in the coalmine signaling the effects ...