The world’s most northerly forests could be a “time bomb” of planet-warming pollution as expanding wildfires have released record high levels of planet-heating pollution into the atmosphere ...

A patch of fire-damaged forest in Alaska. Boreal forests — just south of the Arctic circle in Canada, Europe and Russia — store roughly 30 to 40% of all land-based carbon in the world.

The boreal forest (or “taiga”) is the world’s largest land biome and accounts for close to 25 percent of the planet’s forested areas. The boreal ecozone principally spans 8 countries: ...

Boreal forests encircle the cold, northern regions of our planet. They host a diverse set of species, regulate global climate by storing huge amounts of carbon in the trees and soils, and provide ...

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 ...

The forest, named after Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind, is threatened by encroaching development. Scientists call the boreal one of the Earth's "lungs"; the other is the Amazon rain forest.

A new study has introduced a powerful tool for analyzing satellite imagery of boreal forests (also known as 'Taiga' in North America), offering unprecedented insights into the health and dynamics ...

To date, only 12% of the boreal forest is protected around the globe—and over 30% has been designated for logging, energy, and other development. Clear-cut in Estonian boreal forest.