The fires destroyed more than 110,000 acres of land, several homes and numerous farm buildings. One blaze near Ray killed two people.

Fire bans remain in effect for a large part of Alberta, including in all of Rocky View County, as six of the province’s forest areas are considered to be at extreme wildfire risk.

We see that the highest probability of having a fire is in the boreal forest,” Roberti said. According to Roberti, Jasper is in the top 10 communities to see a likely increase in burn probability, ...

Six of Alberta’s 10 Forest Protection Areas have been classified as being in “extreme wildfire danger” on Saturday morning.

In Alaska, one area where land managers and ecologists are wrestling with those questions is the boreal forest, home to spruce and birch trees, wetlands and many species of animals.

A bald eagle perches within the boreal forest near Seward, Alaska. Ilan Shacham/Getty/Grist Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs.

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 ...

A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions.

How will Earth’s vast boreal forests look in a warmer world? Combining satellite-based research with fieldwork shows that the planet’s largest wilderness may be changing in unexpected ways.