Ever wonder how many trees stand tall in North America's vast boreal forest? A new University of Alberta study has the answer ...

Boreal forests in regions all over the world have ... which provides information on the location, intensity, and estimated emission of wildfires around the world. The previous annual record ...

Carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have increased by 60 percent globally in the past two decades, according to a study published in the journal Science on Thursday. Northernmost boreal ...

And it's shrinking. The boreal forest, which is second only to the Amazon in terms of its vital role in ensuring the future of the planet, encircles the Arctic -- and it is in just as much danger ...

Intense, persistent heat waves and severe drought are making devastating forest fires more likely. But new approaches can ...

Within those acres, wildfires incinerated boreal forests, which have high concentrations of carbon in the trees and soil. The fires pump high emissions of carbon pollution into the atmosphere ...

The boreal forest, covering much of Canada and Alaska, and the treeless shrublands to the north of the forest region, may be among the worst impacted by climate change over the next 500 years ...