Understanding how wildfires influence our planet's climate is a daunting challenge. Although fire occurs nearly everywhere on ...

New research project BorealBlaze, led by CICERO, with leading experts from Europe and the US will investigate how fires near ...

Forest-based refers to integrating crops into existing forests ... When projects in tropical locations are replicated in temperate or boreal locations, it can actually cause harm because those ...

Climate change is accelerating the loss of ancient forests. Rising temperatures threaten woodlands worldwide, from the Amazon ...

In that case, there are likely to be more drunken trees. Right now, around 7 to 8 percent of the land in the middle boreal zone in Alaska is showing some signs of drunken trees or other melting ...

The new data provides a more detailed picture than ever before on the local, regional and global causes of tree cover loss.

ABoVE: Burned boreal forest – from detailed field measurements to satellite pixels June 6th, 2016 by Sander Veraverbeke. The recent megafire around Fort McMurray drew worldwide attention. Not only did ...

Boreal forest fires affect the climate as smoke particles scatter sunlight back into the atmosphere. These particles, or aerosols, also attract water droplets in clouds making them more reflective — ...

Of the more than 200 wildfires incinerating Canadian forests — and sending smoke into the United States — more than half are burning “out of control,” and some are being monitored but ...

Temperate deciduous forests are located in the mid-latitude areas which means that they are found between the polar regions and the tropics. The deciduous forest regions are exposed to warm and cold ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to blanket parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, leading to air quality alerts across several states.