Forest Area Fluctuations: The coniferous forest area in North America increased by 5.62% between 2018-2023 compared to 1984-1991. However, it decreased by 4.85% from its peak in 1992-2001.

The state of conservation in North America’s boreal forest: issues and opportunities. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change . Vol. 3, July 30, 2020. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2020.00090.

This aerial view shows the Boreal Forest, above The Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, Oct. 6, 2022. Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images.

Modelling climate change over a 500 year period shows that much of the boreal forest, the Earth's northernmost forests and most significant provider of carbon storage and clean water, could be ...

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 ...

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 ...

And since the early-2000s these deer have moved north into the boreal forests of western Canada. These forests are full of spruce and pine trees, sandy soil and freezing winters with lots of snow.

Public Interest; Boreal forest stores more carbon than tropical forests, MSU Smithsonian exhibit shows. Published: ; Apr. 15, 2023, 8:00 a.m.

Boreal forests in regions all over the world have been experiencing the worst wildfires in recorded history in 2023, according to new research. ABC News. Video. Live. Shows. Shop. Log In.

Boreal fires, which typically account for 10% of global fire carbon dioxide emissions, contributed 23% in 2021, a new study reports. “Boreal forests could be a time bomb of carbon, and the ...

Boreal forests have relied on wildfires for thousands of years, and only recently those wildfires have grown out of control as climate change increases their frequency and severity. "Fires in the ...

Smoke from wildfires that burned frosty, northern forests of North America and Eurasia in 2021 contributed the most to global fire carbon emissions since 2000, a new study found.