Emissions of greenhouse gases have a warming effect on the climate, whereas small airborne particles in the atmosphere, aerosols, act as a cooling mechanism. That is the received wisdom in any case.

Large wildfires are common in many western coniferous forests, and these fires can affect woodpecker reproduction and habitat use. Our objectives were to examine nesting densities, reproductive ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga forests of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America are characterized by the presence of large, old trees of ...

"The last volume in the series Ecosystems of the world"--Pref. Introduction / F. Andersson and P. Lhoir -- Boreal forests of Eurasia / H. Hytteborn ... [et al.] -- The boreal forests of North America ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Junran] Following the Amazon rainforest, the vast coniferous forest around the Arctic, which has the second-largest carbon absorption capacity, is at risk of rapidly ...

For decades, ecologists have differed over a longstanding mystery: Will a longer, climate-induced growing season ultimately help coniferous forests to grow or hurt them? A new CU Boulder study may ...

Primeval forests are of great importance for biodiversity and global carbon and water cycling. The three-dimensional structure of forests plays an important role because it influences processes of gas ...