Previously, pine trees in North America have been cited as the oldest at 4,000 to 5,000 years old. In the Swedish mountains ... as the other one died. "The average increase in temperature during ...

SWEDEN: Scientists have found a cluster of spruces in the mountains in western Sweden which, at an age of 8,000 years, may be… SWEDEN:Scientists have found a cluster of spruces in the mountains ...

Which, of course, is problematic, given the scarcity of these old-growth forests. I was travelling around Sweden recently, and never have I seen so few old trees around.” ...

However, a sizeable amount of natural old forest ... areas where the trees predated 1880 on average. That’s long before the large-scale adoption of clear-cutting in Sweden and means those ...

Sweden’s forest industry has prepared a defense against critics who say trees should be left in the forest to bind carbon and help fight climate change. At the heart of the conflict is the EU’s need ...

Researchers used genetic material to date the tree in central Sweden back 9,550 years ... believed the world's oldest trees were 4,000- to 5,000 year-old pine trees found in North America.

Most of Europe’s natural ecosystems have been lost over the centuries. However, a sizeable amount of natural old forest still exists, especially in the north. These “old-growth” forests are ...

Flat-pack giant Ikea has had a forestry stewardship certificate suspended after it was revealed the furniture chain has been felling 600-year-old trees from ... Swedwood, the Swedish firm's ...