Boreal forests are continuing to shift northward as they warm due to climate change, satellite images taken over the last several decades show. Boreal forests are the world's largest terrestrial biome ...

Political debates about the future of forests in Sweden and the EU are reaching an impasse. Producing more wood comes at the expense of nature and the storage of carbon within trees and soils.

A new study has introduced a powerful tool for analyzing satellite imagery of boreal forests (also known as 'Taiga' in North America), offering unprecedented insights into the health and dynamics of ...

The boreal forest—the world's largest terrestrial biome—is warming faster than any other forest type. To understand the changing dynamics of boreal forests, Min Feng and colleagues analyzed the biome ...

New forests in the north could exacerbate global warming and alter the climate effects predicted by scientists.

Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline in favour of temperate maple forests, the ecological history of the boreal ...

Boreal forests, often referred to as the "taiga," are vast ecosystems that stretch across the northern hemisphere, storing 25% and 40% of the global terrestrial carbon in their soils. However, the ...

Boreal forests, home to iconic spruce and countless wildlife species, are facing unprecedented threats from climate change. Rising temperatures, shifting rainfall, and extreme events are altering ...

Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they appear. Researchers found that fires in boreal forests can burn deep into peat soils, releasing ancient carbon stored for hundreds or ...

Devastating wildfires are threatening to destroy Canada’s boreal forest. The boreal forest is the largest carbon store on terrestrial Earth but climate change is causing devastating wildfires and ...

This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Boreal forest biogeochemical cycles. Narrative review articles are also welcomed, to our sister journal Scientific Reviews. For further ...