Stretching from Newfoundland and Labrador in the east to the Yukon in the west, Canada’s boreal forests are a vast, vital ecosystem. They cover about 55% of the country’s land area and play a ...

While some wildlife thrive when the boreal forest burns, experts say climate change and human activity have led to larger, ...

Boreal forest fires usually make up 10% of global wildfire-related carbon pollution. But in 2021, their contribution soared to 23%, according to the study, as extreme drought and heatwaves in ...

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 ...

Boreal forests under threat. Over recent decades, boreal forests in Canada have been facing numerous threats, including attempts to extract plants for economic gain or eradicate them using herbicides.

By Jack Guy, CNN 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 ...

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.

The Boreal forest region of Canada is considered one of the largest untapped forests on Earth. Stretching all across the country’s northern border, the coniferous-filled forest covers over one ...

Boreal forests and their peatlands are one of the largest natural absorbers of carbon on the planet. But as climate change heats up northern latitudes, that carbon sink is increasingly at risk of ...

Labrador remains one of the great untamed wilderness areas of the world – known as The Big Land of vast untouched forests, dramatic fjords, towering mountain ranges and elusive Arctic wildlife.

As a result, Russia’s half of the global boreal forests — a jade halo of conifers that spans 15mn square kilometres across northern latitudes of Eurasia and North America — is quickly ...