Credit: NPS Photo/Tim Rains Boreal forests comprise the world’s largest terrestrial biome—a vast landscape ringing the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. The expanse of trees in this ...

Boreal ecology is the study of ecosystems in the subarctic (boreal) zone of the Northern hemisphere. These areas are dominated by coniferous forest, generally have permafrost soils, and occur ...

Red wood ants are typically found in Eurasia’s temperate and boreal forests. But in recent decades, more nests have been disappearing as the forests have fallen victim to logging, urbanization ...

January is on the home stretch, and while temperatures have been colder than the unseasonably mild winter of 2023-24, there ...

Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more carbon than all the world's forests despite covering just 3% of the ...

The Arctic-boreal zone, historically a carbon sink, is now a carbon source, with 34% of the region emitting more CO 2 than it absorbs, increasing to 40% when fire emissions are included.

The haunting call of this small, round-headed hunter echoes through northern forests at night; a ghostly voice in the wilderness. The Boreal Owl is a small, round-headed owl with a distinctive facial ...

the Sean Baker-directed comedy took top honors at awards shows held by the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America. The later victory is especially telling: Since 2009 ...

Let’s pull out the map you clearly haven’t looked at. Saskatchewan shares a 632-kilometre border with Montana and North ...

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To address the questions above, we propose the following hypotheses: (1) The soil nitrogen and available phosphorus content in natural forests is significantly higher than in planted forests, while ...