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

"By focusing on the unique reflectance patterns of coniferous trees in the infrared spectrum, we've developed a method that can reliably map these forests at a 30-meter resolution," continues ...

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Coniferous trees and young stands showed the highest risk of damage, and in warmer parts of Sweden, stands with few tree species showed a considerably higher risk of being damaged compared to ...

to publish a Forest Operations Map (FOM) of proposed cutting and road permits. Proposed cutting and road permits contained within this FOM have a 3-year validity period to apply for cutting ...

The vast coniferous forests of the northern hemisphere are under threat from the sky. Researchers have documented that lightning – not human activity – is the dominant cause of wildfires in these ...

Hannah Hoag is a Toronto-based journalist covering climate, energy and the environment. In 2015, Ellen Whitman bushwhacked her way through a section of boreal forest in the southern Northwest ...

There are deciduous forests. Deciduous trees have leaves that turn color in the autumn and then fall off. New leaves grow back in the spring. There are coniferous forests. A conifer is a tree with ...