How best to map ‘boreal’ or northern forest with spaceborne radar is the focus of an ESA campaign currently underway in northern Sweden. By answering this question, the campaign addresses one of the ...
The planet’s northern forests hold enormous amounts of carbon in spruce, pine, and thick, needle-rich soils. But a major new ...
Most of Europe's original natural forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper, ...
Moraine Lake is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Credit - Charlesdp8, CC SA 4.0. Moraine Lake is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Credit - Charlesdp8, CC SA 4.0. Warmer ...
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, according ...
For decades, ecologists assumed that ancient forests eventually reach a carbon equilibrium, absorbing roughly as much carbon ...
The boreal forest, which is second only to the Amazon in terms of its vital role in ensuring the future of the planet, encircles the Arctic. The boreal forest, second only to the Amazon in terms of ...