The boreal forest, that ring of trees that circles the globe at high latitudes, is the largest living system after the ocean; it’s also the “lungs” of the planet and thus key to our planet’s health.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - R ussia's forests may lose their power to help curb global warming without stronger domestic protection and a place in a new global climate ...

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 ...

Two years ago, enormous fires ripped through some 46 million acres of forest in Russia, the country’s worst fire season on record. The scale of tree cover loss in the massive boreal, or northern, ...

Almost half a billion tonnes of carbon were released from North American and Russian boreal forests in 2021, a record high and more than double the amount they emitted in 2020. Boreal forests are high ...

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 ...

YAKUTSK, Russia, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Smoke from fires raging across Russia's vast forest wilderness has engulfed the far eastern city of Yakutsk, forcing citizens to close doors and windows despite the ...