Fire is the result of a chemical reaction when a material combusts and that is when its electrons rapidly break away due to ...

Yukon government senior biologist Tom Jung has found that the difference of a few centimetres or grams can have an outsize impact on an ecosystem like the northern boreal forest. He's part of a ...

At the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, managers are experimenting with a fire plan aimed at protecting the sequestered carbon on the boreal forest floor and in the frozen soil below.

By Ruth Kamnitzer Open any ecology textbook and you’ll find the Canada lynx, the snowshoe hare, and their wildly oscillating ...

The boreal forest, meanwhile, is now teetering ... From California to the Yukon, field trials have planted interlopers to see how they’ll fare; within the lifespan of these saplings, the ...

Troy Media Editorial Board Canada’s boreal forests may be far more resilient to climate change than previously believed, with new research showing they ...

Ever wonder how many trees stand tall in North America's vast boreal forest? A new University of Alberta study has the answer ...

The boreal forest stores more carbon than is found in the atmosphere and twice as much as all human-caused emissions since 1870, according to the Woodwell Center. In Alaska, the Yukon Flats ...

Yukon government senior biologist Tom Jung has found that the difference of a few centimetres or grams can have an outsize impact on an ecosystem like the northern boreal forest. He's part of a ...