A dangerous race to fight remote fires begins each summer when Alaska's combustible backcountry ... team to a landing site near smoldering boreal forest. Jumpers can put on 100 pounds of gear ...

Erin Kirkland Nestled in 110 acres of boreal forest, the Alaska Botanical Garden features 150 native plant species and more than 1,100 perennials. There is an herb garden, a wildflower trail ...

The significant changes the team detected in the Siberian boreal forest region should serve as a wakeup call, said Watts. "These forested regions, which have been helping take up and store carbon ...