The extensive northern forests of Canada, Alaska and Siberia are about to fundamentally change their tree density because of climate change. According to a new study led by researchers from ...

The world’s most northerly forests could be a “time bomb” of planet-warming pollution as expanding wildfires have released record high levels of planet-heating pollution into the atmosphere ...

Public Interest Boreal forest stores more carbon than tropical forests, MSU Smithsonian exhibit shows Published: Apr. 15, 2023, 8:00 a.m.

The boreal forest, covering much of Canada and Alaska, and the treeless shrublands to the north of the forest region, may be among the worst impacted by climate change over the next 500 years ...

The boreal forest is Earth’s largest terrestrial ecosystem and the last intact forest in the world. In North America, it covers much of Alaska and Canada and extend into the contiguous U.S. It stores ...

From 2000 to 2019, the boreal forest’s northern boundary didn’t move while southern tree cover thinned due to climate change, wildfires and logging.

Ever wonder how many trees stand tall in North America's vast boreal forest? A new University of Alberta study has the answer, and it could benefit climate mitigation. The work is published in the ...

A bald eagle perches within the boreal forest near Seward, Alaska. Ilan Shacham/Getty/Grist Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs.

As boreal forests burn at increasing rates in Alaska, more carbon emissions are pumped into the atmosphere, increasing climate change.

Smoke from wildfires that burned frosty, northern forests of North America and Eurasia in 2021 contributed the most to global fire carbon emissions since 2000, a new study found.

The world's most northerly forests could be a "time bomb" of planet-warming pollution as expanding wildfires have released record high levels of planet-heating pollution into the atmosphere ...