JSTOR Daily

Statistical inference on tree swallow migrations with random forests

Bird species' migratory patterns have typically been studied through individual observations and historical records. In recent years, the eBird citizen science project, which solicits observations ...
Harvard Business School

Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem

Yang, Mochen, Edward McFowland III, Gordon Burtch, and Gediminas Adomavicius. "Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach ...
OPB

Unburned trees left after Oregon’s Labor Day fires are dying — a potential blow to future forests

Five years ago, the Labor Day fires burned more than a million acres across Oregon and Washington. Since then, researchers at Portland State University have been tracking the post-fire changes to the ...
Scientific American

Tree Planting Efforts Could Actually Worsen Climate Change

CLIMATEWIRE | Carbon markets that fund forest preservation and tree-planting might actually be worsening climate change by increasing risks for wildfires that emit massive levels of greenhouse gases, ...