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Representing 27% of all forests worldwide, boreal forests are the planet's terrestrial "second lung" after tropical forests.
This week, paleontologists reported finding new details in an Archaeopteryx fossil via CT scanning and UV light exposure.
Boreal forests remain largely overlooked compared to tropical biomes despite their importance for biodiversity and climate mitigation, with major knowledge gaps hindering protection efforts, the UN ...
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The study found that drylands have a greater proportion of net-climate-negative areas than boreal regions. In particular, 72 per cent of the temperate grasslands, savanna and shrubland biome would ...
It’s well established that the slow incremental “press” of rising temperatures is changing the Arctic landscape, threatening the survival of plants and animals adapted to this unique ecosystem. Less ...
Accelerated Arctic warming is reshaping the polar environment, but focusing only on the impacts of long-term annual temperature rise can miss key consequences of shorter-lived, but extreme ...
finds that despite the importance of the boreal biome, there are significant gaps in knowledge about its forests, their role in sustainable development, and their future. This can be attributed to ...
Picture this: our awesome planet is like a giant green quilt, stitched together with these incredible things called forests.