Alaska's shifting climate—from dinosaur-draped bayous to thawing permafrost, receding glaciers, and once-mythic sea ice—is a ...

Extreme weather, pest outbreaks and overharvesting are turning forest carbon sinks into carbon sources across Europe, ...

Canada’s boreal forests may be far more resilient to climate change than previously believed, with new research showing they contain billions more trees than past estimates, potentially boosting ...

Non-fire related tropical forest loss was also up, by 14% compared with 2023. “The 2024 numbers must be a wake-up call to every country, every bank, every international business,” Elizabeth ...

The Battle of Teutoburg Forest: How Rome Lost 20,000 Men in Four Days Farmers Dug Up a 300,000-Year-Old Skull. It’s Unlike Any Human Ancestor We’ve Ever Seen.

Glenn Juday stands next to a white spruce that sprouted from seed two years after Britain ceased hostilities against the colonies in the Revolutionary War, the last time fire swept through the Bonanza ...

The Pacific temperate rain forests lie west of the Pacific mountain ranges, from southern Alaska to northern California. The normal weather is mild and very moist winters with mild and moist summers.

Scientists have been descending on the Alaska city of Barrow since 1973. This monument made of whale bones is to lost sailors. Associated Press No roads lead to Barrow, Alaska. To reach America ...

The Mendenhall Glacier is one of the dozens of major glaciers that extend out from the Juneau Icefield. (Alaska's News Source) That icefield thinning led to the formation of Suicide Basin, which ...

Climate Change | Interior. As Alaska’s boreal forest warms, land managers face tough questions about how, or whether, to respond. June 13, 2024 by Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage ...

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.

The Kenai Peninsula marks the edge of Alaska’s boreal forest. While its western coast is stubbled with spruce, its eastern fjords hold the rainforests of the Pacific maritime, a lusher ecosystem ...