Close-up of dried, cracked earth.

What’s the problem?

Trees are more important today than ever before. More than 10,000 products are reportedly made from trees. Through chemistry, the humble woodpile is yielding chemicals, plastics and fabrics that were beyond comprehension when an axe first felled a Texas tree.

Shore with Blue Sea

Eleanor Harris (American, 1901-1942)

A green and brown rural landscape leading into a bright blue ocean and slightly cloudy sky, done in oil paints.
Close-up of dried, cracked earth.

What’s the problem?

Trees are more important today than ever before. More than 10,000 products are reportedly made from trees. Through chemistry, the humble woodpile is yielding chemicals, plastics and fabrics that were beyond comprehension when an axe first felled a Texas tree.