Alaska Public Media

As Alaska's boreal forest warms, land managers face tough questions about how, or whether, to respond

Northern ecosystems are seeing some of the planet's most sweeping changes from climate warming. For some animals and plants, that has posed a threat to their very existence and, for humans, a couple ...
The Conversation

‘Zombie fires’ are occurring more frequently in boreal forests, but their impacts remain uncertain

Jennifer Baltzer receives funding from the Canada Research Chairs program, Canada's Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Polar Knowledge Canada, Global Water Futures, and the Government ...
The Conversation

The world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward

Ronny Rotbarth receives funding from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. David J. Cooper receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the US National Park Service, and ...
The New York Times

Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change

A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions. By Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai Ian Austen ...