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Gabriel Popkin

Gabriel Popkin is a journalist based in Mount Rainier, Maryland.

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Can ‘sentinel trees’ warn of devastating pests?

By Gabriel PopkinMar. 27, 2020
Scientists plant ‘sentinel trees’ to warn of devastating pests

By Gabriel PopkinMar. 25, 2020
In effort to save hemlocks, a rare glimpse of hope

By Gabriel PopkinJan. 17, 2020
Aphid-munching beetle could help save hemlock forests

By Gabriel PopkinJan. 15, 2020
A mysterious disease is striking American beech trees

By Gabriel PopkinNov. 15, 2019
A mysterious disease is striking American beech trees

By Gabriel PopkinNov. 14, 2019
Growing pains

By Gabriel PopkinOct. 25, 2019
Catchy findings have propelled this young ecologist to fame—and enraged his critics

By Gabriel PopkinOct. 24, 2019
Forecasters fear threat of 5G wireless rollout

By Gabriel PopkinAug. 9, 2019
Podcast: Next-generation cellphone signals could interfere with weather forecasts, and using smoke from wildfires to model nuclear winter

By Sarah Crespi, Gabriel PopkinAug. 8, 2019
Forecasters fear 5G wireless technology will muck up weather predictions

By Gabriel PopkinAug. 7, 2019
‘Wood wide web’—the underground network of microbes that connects trees—mapped for first time

By Gabriel PopkinMay. 15, 2019
U.S. defenses look to thwart missiles early

By Gabriel PopkinJan. 25, 2019
Decades after Reagan’s ‘Star Wars,’ Trump calls for missile defenses that would blast warheads from the sky

By Gabriel PopkinJan. 22, 2019
Space laser to map trees in 3D

By Gabriel PopkinDec. 14, 2018
Space laser will map Earth’s forests in 3D, spotting habitat for at-risk species

By Gabriel PopkinDec. 5, 2018

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Gabriel Popkin

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Latest Stories

Can ‘sentinel trees’ warn of devastating pests?

Scientists plant ‘sentinel trees’ to warn of devastating pests

In effort to save hemlocks, a rare glimpse of hope

Aphid-munching beetle could help save hemlock forests

A mysterious disease is striking American beech trees

A mysterious disease is striking American beech trees

Growing pains

Catchy findings have propelled this young ecologist to fame—and enraged his critics

Forecasters fear threat of 5G wireless rollout

Podcast: Next-generation cellphone signals could interfere with weather forecasts, and using smoke from wildfires to model nuclear winter

Forecasters fear 5G wireless technology will muck up weather predictions

‘Wood wide web’—the underground network of microbes that connects trees—mapped for first time

U.S. defenses look to thwart missiles early

Decades after Reagan’s ‘Star Wars,’ Trump calls for missile defenses that would blast warheads from the sky

Space laser to map trees in 3D

Space laser will map Earth’s forests in 3D, spotting habitat for at-risk species

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