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The world’s biggest forest is in our own backyard and we need to protect it
The boreal forest is the largest forest in the world, wrapping right around Earth’s entire northern hemisphere like a giant green headband. It acts as the lungs of the planet, producing much of ...
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boreal forest: Taking taiga's temperature
A new study has introduced a powerful tool for analyzing satellite imagery of boreal forests (also known as 'Taiga' in North America), offering unprecedented insights into the health and dynamics of ...
Wildfire Today15d
Boreal forests’ wildfire recovery significantly stunted from high-intense flames and post-fire logging, study finds
A forest in Sweden was severely burned by an intense wildfire more than four years ago. It still hasn't recovered, thanks in ...
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North America's Boreal Forest Is Still Smaller Than Its 1990s Peak
The study area includes North American boreal forests. Historical (1979–2023) monthly precipitation values and MODIS LAI (2000–2023) data are shown in the upper right panel. "The fluctuations we've ...
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Young Innovators: U of S researchers ‘dig deep’ to address heavy metal contamination in Canada’s boreal forest
Stretching for more than 400,000 square kilometres, the province’s boreal forest is just a snapshot of a large network of trees and hardy plants that reach across the entire country. Levi ...