From community solar farms to co-owned wind turbines, eco-inventors are coming up with new ways to bring renewable power into our homes. Now, micro wind turbines designed to look like trees are ...

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Forest configuration, defined by tree density and spacing, affects trees’ resistance against powerful winds. In this study, the thinned plot experienced tree failures due to Typhoon Trami, while the ...

FIU researchers found that some of the most common trees in Florida can significantly shield homes from extreme wind, decreasing suction forces applied to critical regions of the roof by as much as 50 ...

Take a walk in the woods in southern Indiana and you'll likely come across an uprooted tree, its displaced roots rising above a pit of soil on the hillslopes. A new study by Indiana University ...

Wind has long been regarded as an important ecological factor for forests due to the considerable damage it can inflict on forest canopies 1. In recent decades, wind speed over global land areas has ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A northwest Fresno family came home to find their mailbox no longer standing after a wind event sent trees and branches flying all across the neighborhood. In the tower ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — As soon as you turned onto Spruce Street in Centennial, you could see it: massive trees uprooted and leaning on houses and power lines. Meanwhile, neighbors came together ...

SAN DIEGO — When wind and rain swept through San Diego last month, dozens of trees fell across the county. With another high wind warning for the coastal areas Tuesday night through Wednesday, CBS 8 ...