Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden(arctictoday.com)
92 points by davidja | 70 comments
Arctic Today news article reporting that a Palantir founder has purchased a large area of forest land in Sweden.
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3 stories tagged forestry, newest first.
Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame(bbc.com)
334 points by ranit | 151 comments
BBC Future article on how 1950s Japanese cedar and cypress planting programs led to widespread pollen allergies across Japan today.
Old vs. new growth trees and the wood products they make(hullworks.com)
325 points by Timothee | 246 comments
A Hullworks page explaining how old-growth wood differs from new-growth wood and why historic windows made from it outlast modern ones.