"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boreal forests contain billions of trees. Most are needleleaf, cone-bearing conifers, but there also are patches of broadleaf species, including birch, aspen and poplar.

Michigan has perhaps the most exceptional forest makeup in North America, as boundaries of multiple forest types converge here: The vast boreal forest, its cold-hardy conifer trees stretching far ...

Boreal forests don’t store as much ... Reich adds that it’s “impractical” to expect we can fully adapt to climate change in North America’s boreal forests by planting new temperate trees.

The boreal forest is home to half the nation's species of birds, and 3.7 million people. As our climate changes, this great expanse of cold forest is getting warmer.

The boreal forests of Canada and around the world — which cover parts of northern Europe, Russia and beyond — are estimated to store 30 to 40 per cent of all land-based carbon.

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.

In 2015, Ellen Whitman bushwhacked her way through a section of boreal forest in the southern Northwest Territories, near Fort Smith, and stepped into an open landscape, dotted with leafy trees.

Forest fires today are burning nearly twice as many trees as they did just two decades ago, according to a study from the University of Maryland's Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD) laboratory.