Pines have deep taproots, and they remain standing dead longer than spruces ... numbers are rapidly growing in boreal, ...

Known as “carbon sinks,” mangroves, peatlands and boreal forests have helped cool the ... in the soil slows down the decomposition of dead plant matter, keeping much of the carbon from being ...

The boreal forest is the largest forest in the world, wrapping right around Earth’s entire northern hemisphere like a giant green headband. It acts as the lungs of the planet, producing much of ...

Forest ecology is the study of all aspects of the ecology of wooded areas, including rainforest, deciduous and evergreen, temperate and boreal forest. It includes the community ecology of the ...

mature and old-growth boreal and montane coniferous forests throughout northern North America. But the woodpecker prefers its mature and old-growth trees to be snags — because it loves to eat the wood ...