The Arctic Has Long Been a Carbon-Capture Giant, but That’s Starting to Change
The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this ...
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The world’s biggest forest is in our own backyard and we need to protect it
This giant forest is vulnerable ... negatively impacting everything from food production to water supply. The boreal wetlands, lakes and rivers filter billions of litres of fresh water, with ...
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Adirondack Flora and Fauna
The mosaic of temperate forest and boreal forest found in the region provides a unique ... An array of communities thatincludes open river floodplains, sphagnum bogs, large wetlands, agricultural ...
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After millennia as carbon dioxide sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
boreal forests, and wetlands that make up Earth’s northern latitudes—is now a source of carbon to the atmosphere. That balance sheet is made up of carbon dioxide (CO₂) uptake from plant ...
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Funded by LBAYS: Beavers and beetles - How a wetland species influences forest beetles
concluding that beavers are a primary disturbance agent of boreal wetlands. Their actions produce copious amounts of dead wood in boreal forests that are currently highly managed and have consequently ...