If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

"Protection of natural forests is the best nature-based solution." More information: Kun Xu et al, How many trees are there in the North American boreal forest?, Ecography (2025). DOI: 10.1002 ...

A large aerial drone flies over the charred remains of Canadian forests devastated by wildfires, bombarding the ground with ...

Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. It’s a trend that will continue at ...

As Earth's climate warms, trees are popping up in unusual places. Ongoing research is tracing the "migration" of boreal forests, which are now spreading farther north into rapidly warming Arctic ...

Wildfires are a natural occurrence that can create a rebirth for the boreal forest. Some plants, trees and even animals can ...

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. ... was in Fairbanks once to give a lecture on one of the easiest-to-find animals in the boreal forest.

The world’s boreal forests are estimated to collectively hold 703 gigatons of carbon in trees and soil. The world’s tropical forests, by comparison, store about 375 gigatons of carbon.

Their muse is the taiga, or boreal forest: a massive ring of mostly coniferous trees that stretches across the Northern Hemisphere. In the late 19th century, Swedish artist ...