They found that under increasingly warmer climates, tree density in the boreal forest would rise overall by at least 11% by the year 2050. "This result suggests that boreal forests might be more ...

The study area includes North American boreal forests. Historical (1979–2023) monthly precipitation values and MODIS LAI (2000–2023) data are shown in the upper right panel. "The fluctuations we've ...

Story at a glance A new study suggests fires in North American boreal forests will emit substantial amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, adding an additional challenge for countries to ...

R. Rotbarth et al. Northern expansion is not compensating for southern declines in North American boreal forests. Nature Communications. Vol. 14, June 8, 2023. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39092-2.

Unseasonably hot and dry weather conditions in early may 2023 led to dozens of forest fires in western canada . As of May 6, the Alberta government Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

From 2007 to 2017, land-based ecosystems like the vast boreal forests of Canada and the Amazon rainforest removed roughly a third of anthropogenic carbon emissions from the atmosphere.

Fires like these in North American and Eurasian boreal forests created historic amounts of climate-changing carbon dioxide in 2021, according to a new study Thursday in the journal Science.

A new study warns that boreal forests ... increase of 1.6 degrees Celsius associated with climate change can have drastic effects on the dominant tree species in North American boreal forests, ...

Phillip Meintzer was hours away by car from the largest fires raging in the forests of British Columbia and Alberta in summer of 2021, but the air was still thick with smoke from the Canadian infernos ...