The Kenai Peninsula marks the edge of Alaska’s boreal forest ... half of annual rainfall in European forests, and helps drive the Amazon’s seasonal monsoons. Spruce are particularly good ...

Alaska's boreal forest is one of the largest trappers of carbon dioxide in the world. But as the state warms twice as fast as the rest of the U.S., once frozen land is now thawed out and up for grabs.

In Alaska, one area where land managers and ecologists are wrestling with those questions is the boreal forest, home to spruce and birch trees, wetlands and many species of animals. But the boreal ...

The continent’s boreal forest reposes in subarctic latitudes, spanning much of Alaska and Canada. Scientists had previously suggested that its range might shift northward as the climate warms ...

Alaska alone accounts for half of the United States' fire emissions of carbon dioxide, largely because of the burning boreal forests. University of Oregon Professor Emeritus Bart Johnson said ...

Ever wonder how many trees stand tall in North America's vast boreal forest? A new University of ... number of 4,367 tree plots across Canada and Alaska, compared with 346 plots used in the ...

The extensive northern forests of Canada, Alaska and Siberia are about to fundamentally ... data from satellites to model future shifts. Boreal forests encircle the cold, northern regions of ...

Roman Dial receives funding from the US National Science Foundation and NASA Alaska Space Grant. Earth’s boreal forests circle our planet’s far northern reaches, just south of the Arctic’s ...