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 ...

Moraine Lake is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Credit - Charlesdp8, CC SA 4.0. Moraine Lake is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Credit - Charlesdp8, CC SA 4.0. Warmer ...

Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline in favor of temperate maple forests, the ecological history of the boreal ...

Devastating wildfires are threatening to destroy Canada’s boreal forest. The boreal forest is the largest carbon store on terrestrial Earth but climate change is causing devastating wildfires and ...

This article was originally published by Yale Environment 360. Read the original story here. A sign hanging above the door of a giant open-top glass chamber in a remote part of Minnesota’s Marcell ...

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, ...